South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *čeḷ-

Meaning : flea, tick

Tamil : ceḷḷu

Tamil meaning : flea, tick

Tamil derivates : teḷ, teḷḷu, teḷku flea

Malayalam : ceḷḷu

Malayalam meaning : flea, tick, a large beetle on coconut trees, palm-worm, wood-worm

Kodagu : ceḷḷɨ

Kodagu meaning : flea

Proto-Nilgiri : *ceḷ

Number in DED : 2792

Proto-South Dravidian : *čem- (?)

Meaning : to sneeze

Kannada : semilu

Kannada meaning : (Hav.) to sneeze

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) cimilɨ to sneeze

Number in DED : 2774

Proto-South Dravidian : *čemb-

Meaning : copper; metal pot

Tamil : cempu

Tamil meaning : copper, gold, metal vessel, liquid measure

Tamil derivates : cempan_ brown-coloured cow or bull

Malayalam : cempu

Malayalam meaning : copper, copper vessel

Kannada : cambu, cembu, combu

Kannada meaning : copper, globular copper or glass vessel used for drinking water

Kodagu : cembɨ

Kodagu meaning : copper, small metal pot

Tulu : cembu

Tulu meaning : brass, copper, small copper or brass pot

Number in DED : 2775

Proto-South Dravidian : *čemb-

Meaning : copper

Tamil : cempu

Tamil meaning : copper, gold, metal vessel, liquid measure

Tamil derivates : cempan_ brown-coloured cow or bull; tampikai a kind of small water-pot

Malayalam : cempu

Malayalam meaning : copper, copper vessel

Kannada : cambu, cembu, combu

Kannada meaning : copper, globular copper or glass vessel used for drinking water

Kannada derivates : cambige, tambige, tambuge globular copper or glass vessel

Kodagu : cembɨ

Kodagu meaning : copper, small metal pot

Tulu : cembu

Tulu meaning : brass, copper, small copper or brass pot

Tulu derivates : tambigè small, round, metal vessel

Number in DED : 2775

Proto-South Dravidian : *čenḍ-

Meaning : ball

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ceṇṭu

Tamil meaning : ball used in game, ball of thread, etc.

Malayalam : ceṇṭu

Malayalam meaning : a cotton ball, tassel

Kannada : ceṇḍu, caṇḍu, seṇḍu

Kannada meaning : a play ball

Kodagu : ceṇdɨ

Kodagu meaning : ball

Tulu : ceṇḍụ

Tulu meaning : ball

Proto-Nilgiri : *senḍ

Notes : The Toda form is irregular, but the whole root is dubious (cultural lexics).

Number in DED : 2766

Proto-South Dravidian : *čenḍ-ai

Meaning : drum

Tamil : ceṇṭai

Tamil meaning : a kind of large drum

Malayalam : ceṇṭa

Malayalam meaning : a kind of large drum, kettledrum

Kannada : caṇḍe

Kannada meaning : (Bark.) a kind of drum

Tulu : ceṇḍè

Tulu meaning : a large drum

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) caṇḍɨ a kind of drum

Number in DED : 2767

Proto-South Dravidian : *čep-

Meaning : casket, box

Tamil : ceppu

Tamil meaning : casket, little box of metal, ivory or wood, a kind of water-vessel, toy utensil

Malayalam : ceppu

Malayalam meaning : a small round box of any material to hold jewelry, metal cover of the breasts, treasure

Kodagu : ceppɨ

Kodagu meaning : small round metal box with lid

Number in DED : 2772

Proto-South Dravidian : *čeṭ-i

Meaning : a k. of small bird

Kannada : ceṭṭi

Kannada meaning : hen-sparrow

Proto-Nilgiri : *guṭur-seṭ-ĭ

Number in DED : 2763

Proto-South Dravidian : *čēg-

Meaning : core, essence; solid

Tamil : cēku

Tamil meaning : solidity, hardness

Tamil derivates : cēkam hard core of a tree, central part of exogenous plant hardened by age, heartwood

Kannada : cēgu, cēge

Kannada meaning : heart or core of a tree, essence, strength

Number in DED : 2802

Proto-South Dravidian : *čē(p)-

Meaning : breast milk

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cēkku

Tamil meaning : breast milk

Tamil derivates : cēkkai woman's breast

Kannada : cēpu

Kannada meaning : gush or spurt as of milk

Kodagu : cēpu

Kodagu meaning : (milk) to secrete (K. from Kod. informant)

Number in DED : 2803

Proto-South Dravidian : *čic-

Meaning : fire

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kiccu

Tamil meaning : fire

Kannada : kiccu, kircu

Kannada meaning : fire

Kodagu : tittɨ

Kodagu meaning : fire

Tulu : kittụ

Tulu meaning : lightning

Tulu derivates : kiccu, kicci, kicce fire, envy, indigestion

Proto-Nilgiri : *tic

Miscellaneous : KURU (LSB) ticcɨ fire; KOR (O) kicci jealousy

Number in DED : 1514

Proto-South Dravidian : *čigaḷ-i

Meaning : a k. of oilcake

Kannada : cigaḷi, ciguḷi

Kannada meaning : a ball made of fried gingilli-oil seed mixed with jaggery

Number in DED : 2490

Proto-South Dravidian : *čik-

Meaning : small

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cikka

Tamil meaning : in brief, in a nutshell

Malayalam : cikkiṇi

Malayalam meaning : young, small (said of girls)

Kannada : cikka, ciga

Kannada meaning : little, small, young

Kannada derivates : cīku smallness, littleness of size, used of grain and pulse; cikkatana childhood, youth

Kodagu : cikk-aḍake

Kodagu meaning : very young, tender areca-nut

Tulu : cikka

Tulu meaning : little, young, small, short

Tulu derivates : cikini tender, young, small; cikkè a dwarf; (B-K) cikkeli a small variety of mouse

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sik-

Miscellaneous : IRU cikkeḍu mosquito

Number in DED : 2495

Proto-South Dravidian : *čik-

Meaning : quickly

Tamil : cikk-en_a

Tamil meaning : quickly, promptly

Malayalam : cikk-ennu, cikkanē

Malayalam meaning : resolutely, quickly

Kannada : cekkane, jaggane

Kannada meaning : quickly, speedily

Kannada derivates : cakkane quickly, fast, suddenly; cāga, cēga, cēgi, jīga, jegga, jēgi quickness; quickly

Tulu : cakka

Tulu meaning : quickly, at once

Proto-Nilgiri : *cig- (*t-)

Number in DED : 2499

Proto-South Dravidian : *čil-

Meaning : to ooze, drizzle

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cilucilu (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to rain gently

Tamil derivates : cilu-nīr raindrop dripping from leaves; cilumpu (cilumpi-) to flow out, gush out

Kannada : cilkunīru

Kannada meaning : (Tipt.) water in fine drops

Kannada derivates : jilɨpu to ooze (as water from a new pot)

Proto-Nilgiri : *cil- (*s-)

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) cilbi to splash water with the finger

Number in DED : 2569

Proto-South Dravidian : *čil-

Meaning : to churn, stir

Tamil : ciluppu (ciluppi-)

Tamil meaning : to churn, stir, agitate

Tamil derivates : cilumpu (cilumpi-) to be agitated, shaken; (Devanesan, p. 3) ciluppi a churning staff

Kannada : cilku cilku

Kannada meaning : noise of milk in churning

Kannada derivates : (Nanj.) silbu to churn

Number in DED : 2570

Proto-South Dravidian : *čilak-

Meaning : bolt, padlock

Kannada : cilaka, ciluka

Kannada meaning : a hasp or small chain for fastening a door

Kannada derivates : (Tipt.) cilka a door staple; (Coorg) silku iron bolt

Tulu : cilụkụ, cilkụ

Tulu meaning : the catch or bolt of a window

Number in DED : 2561

Proto-South Dravidian : *čilar_-

Meaning : small amount of smth., small change

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cillar_ai

Tamil meaning : things scattered here and there in small quantities, sundries, fractional quantitites, change (as of a rupee); trifling, insignificant matter

Tamil derivates : cilvān_am odd; savings effected from the sum allotted for household expenses

Malayalam : cillar_a

Malayalam meaning : small, trifling matter

Malayalam derivates : cilvānam, cillānam odd; remaining fraction, small articles of daily use bought in the bazaar

Kannada : cillar_a, cillar_e, cilr_e

Kannada meaning : smallness, pettiness, fractional quantities, money under the value of a rupee

Kannada derivates : cilavān the odd money over a round sum

Tulu : cillarè

Tulu meaning : small money, change, trifle; little, trifling

Tulu derivates : cilvāna, ciluvāna the odd money over a round sum; little, small, trifling, mean, low

Proto-Nilgiri : *sil-

Number in DED : 2574

Proto-South Dravidian : *čim-

Meaning : to tickle; to pinch

Tamil : cimiṇṭu (cimiṇṭi-)

Tamil meaning : to tickle, pluck, pinch, prod

Tamil derivates : cīṇṭu (cīṇṭi-) to tease, vex

Malayalam : cīṇṭuka

Malayalam meaning : children to nettle, prick, pull one another

Kannada : cimuṭu

Kannada meaning : to press together, squeeze, pinch

Kannada derivates : (Gowda) jigiṇṭɨ to pinch

Tulu : cimukuni

Tulu meaning : to pinch

Tulu derivates : cauṇṭuni to pinch, nip

Number in DED : 2540

Proto-South Dravidian : *čim-

Meaning : cricket

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cimili

Tamil meaning : cricket

Malayalam : cimili

Malayalam meaning : a certain vaṇṭu [i. e. black bee, wasp, beetle]

Kannada : cimmaṇḍi, cimmaṇḍe, jimmaṇḍe

Kannada meaning : cricket

Number in DED : 2541