South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōl-

Meaning : beauty, form, figure

Tamil : kōlam

Tamil meaning : beauty, colour, form, shape, costume, attire as worn by actors, ornament

Malayalam : kōlam

Malayalam meaning : form, figure (chiefly of masks, dresses); idol, body, beauty

Kannada : kōla

Kannada meaning : ornament, decoration, form, figure (chiefly of masks, dresses, etc.)

Tulu : kōla

Tulu meaning : a devil-dance

Number in DED : 2240

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōḷ-

Meaning : calumny

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kōḷ

Tamil meaning : calumny, aspersion, tale-bearing, falsehood

Tamil derivates : kōḷan_ tale-bearer; koḷuttu (koḷutti-) to slander, calumniate; koṇṭi, koṇṭiyam tale-bearing, backbiting; kuṇṭani, kuṇṭuṇi slander, calumny

Malayalam : kuṇṭaṇi

Malayalam meaning : backbiting

Kannada : kōḷ

Kannada meaning : calumny, false imputation

Kannada derivates : koṇḍeya, koṇḍe, koṇḍega backbiting, calumny, slander, abuse, an informer, slanderer, defamer; koṇḍisu to slander, defame

Proto-Nilgiri : *kōḷ

Number in DED : 2251

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōl-i

Meaning : sp. privet

Tamil : kōli

Tamil meaning : sp. privet, Ligustrum perrotettii

Kannada : kōli

Kannada meaning : (Lush.) sp. privet, Ligustrum neilgherrense

Proto-Nilgiri : *kōl_-ĭ

Number in DED : 2245

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōmaḷ-

Meaning : to romp; to jest

Tamil : kōmāḷam

Tamil meaning : romping as of fat bullocks

Tamil derivates : kōmāḷi buffoon, jester; kummāḷam jumping, romping, moving sportively (as children, calves, etc.); kummaṭṭi romping, jumping

Malayalam : kōmāḷam

Malayalam meaning : jesting

Malayalam derivates : kōmāḷi jester

Tulu : kōpāro

Tulu meaning : (?) (B-K) jesting, buffoonery

Proto-Nilgiri : *kōmāḷ-

Number in DED : 2222

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōmaṭ-

Meaning : a k. of tribe

Tamil : kōmaṭṭi

Tamil meaning : Telugu-speaking merchant caste

Malayalam : kōmaṭṭi

Malayalam meaning : a tribe of Lingaite merchants, e. g. in Wayanāḍu

Kannada : kōmaṭi, kōmaṭiga

Kannada meaning : a Vaisya shopkeeper

Tulu : kōmaṭi, kōmaṭige

Tulu meaning : a class of merchants

Number in DED : 2220

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōṇ

Meaning : corner; crooked

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kōṇ

Tamil meaning : crookedness, angle, crossness of disposition

Tamil derivates : kōṇu (kōṇi-) to be bent, curved, be crooked, deviate, be perverse; kōṇam curve, curvature, scimitar, angle, corner; kōṇal obliquity, hump, crookedness (as of mind); kōṇan_ humpback; kōṇai curvature, crookedness, cruelty; kuṇaku (kuṇaki-) to become bent, crooked; kuṇakku (kuṇakki-) to bend (tr.); n. crookedness, curvature, crossness; kuṇalai bending of the body through bashfulness; kuṇukku (kuṇukki-) to bend (tr.)

Malayalam : kōṇ

Malayalam meaning : corner, angle

Malayalam derivates : kōṇuka to bend (intr.); kōṇam corner; kōṇi corner of a piazza

Kannada : kōṇ, kōṇa, kōṇe, kōna

Kannada meaning : angle, corner

Tulu : kōṇa, kōṇè

Tulu meaning : angle, corner

Tulu derivates : kōŋgaṇṇụ a squint eye

Proto-Nilgiri : *gōṇ

Notes : PN *g- irregular; has to be explained yet.

Number in DED : 2209

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōnṭ-

Meaning : corner

Tamil : kōṭi

Tamil meaning : corner

Malayalam : kōṭi, kōṭu

Malayalam meaning : corner

Kannada : gōṭu

Kannada meaning : angle, corner, point of the compass, edge

Kannada derivates : gōṇṭu corner, etc., point of the compass

Tulu : kōḍi

Tulu meaning : corner

Tulu derivates : kōṇṭu angle, corner, crook

Proto-Nilgiri : *kōnṭ-

Notes : Kannada g- probably by analogy with gōṭu 'border'.

Number in DED : 2054

Proto-South Dravidian : *Kōr-

Meaning : to eat (?)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : kōruka

Malayalam meaning : to eat greedily

Kannada : koḷḷu

Kannada meaning : (Hav. S., p. 78) to drink

Number in DED : 2233

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōr-/*kUsar-

Meaning : to desire, wish

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kōru (kōri-)

Tamil meaning : to request, wish

Tamil derivates : kōrikkai request, wish; kocur_u, kucar anything extra obtained from a shopkeeper as a bargain

Malayalam : kōr_uka

Malayalam meaning : to wish, hope, purpose, think

Malayalam derivates : kōr_u a wish

Kannada : kōr_u, kōru

Kannada meaning : to purpose, think, wish, desire

Kannada derivates : kōr_ike wishing, desiring; kosaru to demand an article gratis or into the bargain; be greedy, desire, hanker; n. anything asked for and given to boot; eagerness, cupidity; kosarike hankering after, desire

Tulu : kōruni

Tulu meaning : to desire, hope, expect

Tulu derivates : kōrikè, kōrigè hope, desire, wish; kusuri, kusri, kosarụ anything given to boot when a person buys commodities

Proto-Nilgiri : *kōr-

Number in DED : 2232

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōr_-

Meaning : to scratch

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kōr_ai

Tamil meaning : a scratch, as on the body

Malayalam : kōr_uka

Malayalam meaning : to tear the flesh by thorns

Malayalam derivates : kōr_u cutting, tearing

Kannada : kōr_e

Kannada meaning : cutting, sharpness, pointedness; a tusk, fang

Kannada derivates : gōr_u to scratch

Kodagu : kōre

Kodagu meaning : tusk of elephant or boar

Tulu : kōruni, gōruni

Tulu meaning : (?) to dig out or up

Number in DED : 2257

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōṬ-

Meaning : buffoon; pleasantry

Tamil : kōṭṭi

Tamil meaning : pleasantry, joke, mimicry, grotesque gestures

Tamil derivates : kōṇaŋki clown in a play

Malayalam : kōṭṭi, gōṣṭhi

Malayalam meaning : grimaces, pranks

Malayalam derivates : kōṭaŋki buffoon, harlequin

Kannada : kōḍaŋgi

Kannada meaning : buffoon, harlequin

Tulu : koḍaŋgye

Tulu meaning : buffoon, harlequin

Number in DED : 2206

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōṭ-ai

Meaning : fort

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kōṭṭai

Tamil meaning : fort, castle

Tamil derivates : kōṭu stronghold

Malayalam : kōṭṭa

Malayalam meaning : fort, residence

Malayalam derivates : kōṭu fort

Kannada : kōṭe

Kannada meaning : fort, rampart

Kannada derivates : (PBh.) kōṇṭe fort

Kodagu : kōṭe

Kodagu meaning : palace

Tulu : kōṭè

Tulu meaning : fort

Proto-Nilgiri : *kōṭä

Number in DED : 2207

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōṭal-

Meaning : pain, distress

Tamil : kōṭṭālai

Tamil meaning : distress, torment

Tamil derivates : kōṭṭi trouble, vexation, annoyance

Malayalam : kōẓa

Malayalam meaning : (?) violence

Kannada : kōṭale, kōṭle

Kannada meaning : trouble, affliction, pain

Kannada derivates : kōṭaliga man who causes trouble

Tulu : kōṭalè

Tulu meaning : pain, sickness, hardship

Tulu derivates : ? kōra measles

Number in DED : 2204

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōv-

Meaning : crucible

Tamil : kuvai, kukai

Tamil meaning : crucible

Malayalam : kuva

Malayalam meaning : crucible

Kannada : kōve

Kannada meaning : crucible

Tulu : kōvè

Tulu meaning : crucible, mould

Number in DED : 1816

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōẓ-

Meaning : bashfulness, fear

Tamil : kōẓai

Tamil meaning : bashfulness, timidity; bashful person

Malayalam : kōẓa

Malayalam meaning : bashfulness

Kannada : kōḍu

Kannada meaning : to shrink, fear; n. shrinking, fear; a wonderful thing, wonder

Proto-Nilgiri : *koj- (?)

Number in DED : 2250

Proto-South Dravidian : *kōẓ-i

Meaning : fowl

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kōẓi

Tamil meaning : gallinaceous fowl

Malayalam : kōẓi

Malayalam meaning : fowl

Kannada : kōẓi

Kannada meaning : a cock, a hen, a fowl in general

Kodagu : kōḷi

Kodagu meaning : fowl

Tulu : kōri, (B-K also) kōḷi

Tulu meaning : fowl

Proto-Nilgiri : *kōṛĭ

Number in DED : 2248

Proto-South Dravidian : *kuc-

Meaning : stump

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuccu

Tamil meaning : splinter, bit of stick, stalk

Tamil derivates : kucci splinter, peg, stick

Malayalam : kuccu

Malayalam meaning : chip, piece of straw

Kannada : kutti

Kannada meaning : (Hav.) stump

Tulu : kucci, kutti

Tulu meaning : the stump of a shrub

Number in DED : 1640

Proto-South Dravidian : *kuḍ-

Meaning : pot

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuṭam

Tamil meaning : waterpot, hub of a wheel

Tamil derivates : kuṭaŋkar waterpot; kuṭantam pot; kuṭantai Kumbakonam (old name); kuṭukkai coconut or other hard shell used as vessel, pitcher; kuṭikai ascetic's pitcher; kuṭuvai vessel with a small narrow mouth, pitcher of an ascetic

Malayalam : kuṭam

Malayalam meaning : waterpot

Malayalam derivates : kuṭukka shells (as of gourds) used as vessels, small cooking vessel with narrow mouth; kuṭuka, kuṭuva small vessel

Kannada : koḍa

Kannada meaning : earthen pitcher or pot

Kannada derivates : kuḍike small earthen, metal, or wood vessel; guḍuvana, guḍāṇa large water-vessel, used also for storing grain; earthen pot used for churning

Kodagu : kuḍike

Kodagu meaning : pot in which food (esp. rice) is cooked

Tulu : kuḍki, kuḍkè, guḍke

Tulu meaning : small earthen vessel

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuḍĭkǐ

Number in DED : 1651

Proto-South Dravidian : *kuḍ-

Meaning : a k. of basket

Tamil : kuṭalai

Tamil meaning : long cylindrical basket of palmleaf, ring of wickerwork for a well, cover of palmleaf carried as protection against rain

Kannada : kuḍpu

Kannada meaning : (Gowda) small basket

Tulu : kuḍupu

Tulu meaning : a strainer made of wicker-work

Number in DED : 1653

Proto-South Dravidian : *kuḍ-

Meaning : to excavate; hole

Tamil : kuṭai (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to work through as bees gathering honey, scoop, hollow out, bore, perforate, penetrate; n. anything hollow, ola basket for eating and drinking from

Tamil derivates : kuṭaivu hollow, cavity; kuṭā cavity, cavern; kuṭavu cave

Kannada : koḍe

Kannada meaning : to hollow, excavate, scoop, scrape out, remove with the finger or a pick (as ear-wax)

Kannada derivates : koḍacu, koḍasu to remove the ear-wax with the finger or with a pick, remove the impurities from out of a vessel by rubbing its inside with the hand; kuḍite, kuḍate, kuḍute palm of the hand, esp. hollowed or held as a cup; goḍagu, goḍugu hollow, hole; goṭ(a)ru hole, hollow in a wall, tree, etc.

Tulu : kuḍè, guḍè

Tulu meaning : a rat's hole

Proto-Nilgiri : *kud_-ĭ (?)

Miscellaneous : KOR (O goḍe a rat's hole

Number in DED : 1660