South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *baḍḍ- (*v-)

Meaning : blunt

Kannada : baḍḍu

Kannada meaning : bluntness, dullness

Tulu : baḍḍụ

Tulu meaning : blunt, edgeless; dull, stupid, obtuse

Number in DED : 3883

Proto-South Dravidian : *bag-bag-

Meaning : [expr.] crackling, blazing

Tamil : paka-pakav-en_al

Tamil meaning : onom. expr. of crackling of fire; expr. signifying burning or smarting sensation of hunger

Kannada : baga, baga baga

Kannada meaning : sound used to express suddenly blazing up, the crackling of flames, shining brightly, and also burning of the body

Kannada derivates : bagabagane, baggane with the sound of bagabaga

Tulu : bagabaga

Tulu meaning : the crackling noise of conflagration

Proto-Nilgiri : *bag-

Number in DED : 3802

Proto-South Dravidian : *baggar- (*v-)

Meaning : thorax

Kannada : baggari

Kannada meaning : thorax

Kodagu : baggare

Kodagu meaning : rib

Number in DED : 3815

Proto-South Dravidian : *bajal

Meaning : conspicuous, open

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : bayal, bayil, baylu

Kannada meaning : conspicuousness, celebrity

Tulu : bayilụ, bailụ

Tulu meaning : adj. public

Proto-Nilgiri : *bagāl

Number in DED : 3940

Proto-South Dravidian : *bajam-

Meaning : tank; hole

Tamil : payam

Tamil meaning : tank

Tamil derivates : payampu depression, hollow, pit, pit to ensnare elephants, kheda, tank, pond

Tulu : bayambu

Tulu meaning : a hole, hollow; adj. hollow

Number in DED : 3938

Proto-South Dravidian : *bajin- (*v-)

Meaning : a k. of sago palm

Tamil : payin_i

Tamil meaning : a kind of tree peculiar to hilly tracts

Kannada : payne, bayne, bagini

Kannada meaning : the bastard sago palm, Caryota urens

Tulu : baina, baini

Tulu meaning : the bastard sago palm, Caryota urens

Notes : Kannada payne either dialectal or borrowed from Tamil.

Number in DED : 3944

Proto-South Dravidian : *balap-

Meaning : chalk, pot-stone

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : palappam, valappam

Tamil meaning : a kind of soft stone used to write on wooden boards

Malayalam : valappam

Malayalam meaning : a sort of chalk

Kannada : balā̆pa, baḷaha

Kannada meaning : a whitish pot-stone, Lapis allaris, frequently used (as a substitute for slate pencil, etc.) in writing

Tulu : baḷapu, balavu

Tulu meaning : potstone, glimmer, slate

Number in DED : 4014

Proto-South Dravidian : *bamb-

Meaning : core of plantain

Kannada : hambe

Kannada meaning : the core or interior stalk of the plantain tree, of which curries and other things are made, (Hav.) skin of banana stem

Tulu : bambu

Tulu meaning : layers of the fibrous coverings of a plantain tree

Tulu derivates : bambè the core or inside stalk of a plantain tree; (B-K) pambe, bambu, bambe layer of fibrous covering of a plantain tree

Number in DED : 3933

Proto-South Dravidian : *baṇ-amb- (*v-)

Meaning : stack

Tamil : paṭappu (?)

Tamil meaning : hayrick

Kannada : baṇambe, baṇabe, baṇave, baṇive, baḷabe

Kannada meaning : stack, rick

Tulu : baṇabè

Tulu meaning : stack

Number in DED : 3886

Proto-South Dravidian : *baṇ-amp (*v-)

Meaning : a timber-tree

Kannada : banapu

Kannada meaning : a large timber-tree, Terminalia tomentosa, var. coriacea

Tulu : baṇụmpu, banampu

Tulu meaning : Terminalia coriacea

Number in DED : 3885

Proto-South Dravidian : *banḍ-ai (*v-)

Meaning : rock

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : baṇḍe

Kannada meaning : rock, block or slab of stone

Number in DED : 3903

Proto-South Dravidian : *baŋk- (*v-)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : baŋke, boŋka, boŋke

Kannada meaning : gum, glue, resin

Tulu : (?) pakara

Tulu meaning : sap, juice

Number in DED : 3817

Proto-South Dravidian : *baraṇ-i

Meaning : jar, vase

Tamil : paraṇi

Tamil meaning : jewel casket, small box, a kind of jar

Malayalam : paraṇi

Malayalam meaning : vase, jar

Kannada : baraṇi

Kannada meaning : small box, casket, China jar or vase

Kodagu : baraṇi

Kodagu meaning : large clay pot with fairly narrow mouth, for storing ghee, pickle, etc.

Tulu : baraṇi, baraṇè

Tulu meaning : china jar

Number in DED : 3954

Proto-South Dravidian : *baSaḷ-ai

Meaning : spinach

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pacaḷai

Tamil meaning : spinach, Spinacia oleracea; purslane, Portulaca quadrifida; Malabar nightshade, Basella; and some other plants

Tamil derivates : paciri, payiri creeping purslane, Portulaca quadrifida; vacalai, vacaḷai, vayalai, vayaḷai purslane, P. quadrifida

Malayalam : pacaḷa, paśaḷa

Malayalam meaning : Basella

Malayalam derivates : vaśaḷa, vayar_a Portulaca oleracea

Kannada : basaḷe

Kannada meaning : Malabar nightshade, Basella alba

Kannada derivates : basale Basella cordifolia, B. lucida or rubra; baccali, baccale spinach; baccale-baḷḷi Portulaca quadrifolia

Tulu : basalè

Tulu meaning : Malabar nightshade, Basella alba

Number in DED : 3824

Proto-South Dravidian : *bavar- (*v-)

Meaning : battle

Kannada : bavara

Kannada meaning : battle, war

Number in DED : 3997

Proto-South Dravidian : *bāc-

Meaning : to defecate

Tamil : pācan_am

Tamil meaning : diarrhoea

Kannada : bāsu

Kannada meaning : to void excrement

Number in DED : 4056

Proto-South Dravidian : *bākal- (*v-)

Meaning : gleaning

Kannada : bākalu

Kannada meaning : gleaning

Number in DED : 4051

Proto-South Dravidian : *bāṇ-

Meaning : meadow, field

Tamil : pān_al

Tamil meaning : agricultural tract, rice-field

Kannada : bāṇi

Kannada meaning : (Coorg) a meadow

Kodagu : bāṇe

Kodagu meaning : open treeless meadow where cattle graze

Tulu : bāṇe, bānè

Tulu meaning : a hill or jungle near a rice-field

Number in DED : 4071

Proto-South Dravidian : *bāNal- (*v-)

Meaning : dim, dark; discoloured

Kannada : bānal

Kannada meaning : state of becoming or being dim or discoloured

Tulu : bāṇā̆lụ

Tulu meaning : darkness, blindness, dimness

Tulu derivates : bāṇale a dim-sighted man

Number in DED : 4070

Proto-South Dravidian : *bāṇal- (?)

Meaning : frying pan

Tamil : pāṇali, vāṇali, vāṇāy

Tamil meaning : frying pan (? < Te.)

Kannada : bāṇali, bāṇale, bāṇḍli, bāḷali, bāḷḷe

Kannada meaning : frying pan of stone or metal

Tulu : baṇalè, banalè

Tulu meaning : a kind of frying pan

Number in DED : 4069