South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūl-i

Meaning : wages

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kūli

Tamil meaning : wages, pay, freight

Tamil derivates : kūlikkāran_, kūliy-āḷ hired labourer, cooly; kai-kkūli daily wages; bribe, cash payment, money paid by parents of bride to bridegroom

Malayalam : kūli

Malayalam meaning : hire, wages (esp. daily)

Malayalam derivates : kūlikkāran, kūliy-āḷ hired labourer, coolie; kai-kkūli bribe, fine upon a lease and its renewal

Kannada : kūli

Kannada meaning : hire, wages (esp. daily); day-labourer, coolie

Kannada derivates : kūlikār_a, kūligār_a day-labourer; kay-kūli, key-gūli working as a day-labourer

Kodagu : kūli

Kodagu meaning : wages

Tulu : kūli

Tulu meaning : hire

Proto-Nilgiri : *kūl-ĭ

Number in DED : 1905

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūn-

Meaning : mushroom

Malayalam : kūn, kūṇu

Malayalam meaning : mushroom

Kannada : kūnu

Kannada meaning : (Kur_umba dial.; Bhattacharya, 1959) mushroom

Tulu : gūnu

Tulu meaning : mushroom

Proto-Nilgiri : *kivǝn (?)

Number in DED : 1893

Proto-South Dravidian : *Kūn-

Meaning : curve, bend; hump

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kūn_

Tamil meaning : bend, curve, hump on the back, humpback, snail

Tamil derivates : kūn_u (kūn_i-) to curve, become crooked, bend down, become hunchbacked; kūn_al bend, curve, hump; kūn_an_ humpback; fem. kūn_i; kun_i (-v-, -nt-) to bend (as a bow), bow, stoop; (-pp-, -tt-) to bend (tr.), curve; n. curvature, bow (weapon); kun_ippu bending

Malayalam : kūnuka

Malayalam meaning : to stoop, be crookbacked

Malayalam derivates : kūn a humpback; kūnal, kūntal bending; kūnan humpbacked; fem. kūni, kūnicci; kuni semicircle, curve; kuniyuka to bow, stoop, bend; kunikka to make a curve, cause to stand stooping

Kannada : kūn (kūnt-), kūnu

Kannada meaning : to be bent or bowed, bend, stoop; n. a hump

Kannada derivates : kūna, gūna a humpbacked man; fem. kūni, gūni; kūntu bending, bent state; gūnu a hump; kuni to bend, bow, stoop, shrink; n. a bent or curved ground; kunuŋgu to bend, stoop, crouch, contract oneself, shrivel up

Kodagu : kūn

Kodagu meaning : (Shanmugam) hunchback

Kodagu derivates : gūne hunchbacked man; gūni hunchbacked woman

Tulu : gūnu

Tulu meaning : a hump

Tulu derivates : gūnè a hunchback

Proto-Nilgiri : *kūn-

Number in DED : 1927

Proto-South Dravidian : *kū(n)dal-

Meaning : woman's hair

Tamil : kūntal

Tamil meaning : long flowing tresses of a woman

Malayalam : kūntal

Malayalam meaning : woman's hair

Kannada : kūdal

Kannada meaning : hair (of the head or body)

Tulu : kujalụ

Tulu meaning : the hair of the head

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) kūdlu hair

Number in DED : 1892

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūr-

Meaning : to love, covet

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kūr (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to covet, hanker after

Malayalam : kūr_uka

Malayalam meaning : to love, mind

Malayalam derivates : kūr_, kūr_u love; kūr_r_ān friend, lover, protector

Kannada : kūr

Kannada meaning : to mind, be attached to, love

Kannada derivates : kūrpa, kūpa loving, beloved; lover, husband; kūrpu, kūrme love

Number in DED : 1897

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūr-

Meaning : sharp

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kūr (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to be sharp (as the edge or point of an instrument), be keen (as the intellect); n. sharpness, pointed edge, cutting or sarcastic speech, pivot on which door swings

Tamil derivates : kūrcci, kūrppu, kūrmai, kūriyam sharpness, keenness, pointedness; kūrccu id., pointed stick; kūriyan_ sharp, clever person; kūccu sharp point

Malayalam : kūr

Malayalam meaning : sharpness, point of an arrow

Malayalam derivates : kūruka, kūrikka, kūrkka to be sharp; kūrppikka to sharpen; kūrppu, kūrccam sharpness; kūrmma id., edge of sword, wit

Kannada : kūr

Kannada meaning : sharpness, acuteness

Kannada derivates : kūrike sharpness, pointedness; kūritu, kūrittu that which is sharp; kūrahu sword; kūrida a sharp, acute, or brave man; kūrpu sharpness, valour, a keen, penetrating look; (Bark.) kūpi a barber's knife

Kodagu : kūṭ- (kūṭi-)

Kodagu meaning : to sharpen

Tulu : kūṭuni

Tulu meaning : to sharpen

Tulu derivates : kurpu sharpness as of a cutting instrument

Number in DED : 1898

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūr-

Meaning : abundant

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kūr (-v-, -nt-; -pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to be abundant, excessive; n. exuberance, abundance; intense, excessive

Tamil derivates : kūrppu abundance, excess

Number in DED : 1899

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūrun-

Meaning : to sleep

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tulu : kūruni

Tulu meaning : to be drowsy, sleepy

Tulu derivates : kūraŋgelụ drowsiness, sleepiness; kūrele a sleepy fellow, sluggard

Number in DED : 1902

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūr_-

Meaning : section, division, part

Tamil : kūr_u

Tamil meaning : section, division, part, share

Tamil derivates : kūr_r_am species, class; Yama; that which ruins or destroys; kūr_r_an_, kūr_r_u, kūr_r_uvan_ Yama

Malayalam : kūr_u, kūr

Malayalam meaning : part, share, division of time, party, partnership

Malayalam derivates : kūr_r_ān partner; kūr_r_an, kūr_r_am enemy, destroyer

Kannada : kōr_u

Kannada meaning : a part, portion, share in cultivation, etc.

Proto-Nilgiri : *kūr_

Number in DED : 1924

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūt-

Meaning : dance

Tamil : kūttu

Tamil meaning : dance, dramatic performance, strange event

Tamil derivates : kūttan_ dancer, actor; kūtti female actor, dancer, prostitute

Malayalam : kūttu

Malayalam meaning : dance, drama

Malayalam derivates : kūtti, kūtticci harlot; (Kauṭ.) kūttan dancer

Kannada : kūtu

Kannada meaning : dance, play

Proto-Nilgiri : *Kūt

Number in DED : 1890

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūẓ-

Meaning : cooked rice

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kūẓ

Tamil meaning : thick gruel, porridge, semi-liquid food, food

Tamil derivates : kūẓ ā- to be overboiled (as rice)

Malayalam : kūẓ

Malayalam meaning : boiled rice

Malayalam derivates : kūẓam rice, as eaten in temples

Kannada : kūẓ

Kannada meaning : boiled rice, food

Kodagu : kūḷɨ

Kodagu meaning : cooked rice

Kodagu derivates : kū kala, kū kuḍike rice pot; kū padi food carried in a plantain leaf as a lunch

Tulu : kūru, kūlu, kūḷu

Tulu meaning : boiled rice

Proto-Nilgiri : *kū

Number in DED : 1911

Proto-South Dravidian : *kūẓ-

Meaning : bad, vulgar, rude

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kūẓai

Tamil meaning : dullness of intellect, stupidity

Tamil derivates : kūẓan_ one who is devoid of clear understanding; kūẓaiyan_ dolt, booby

Kannada : kūẓa

Kannada meaning : a vulgar, rude, stupid, useless, mean, or vile man; vulgar, etc.

Kannada derivates : fem. kūẓe; kūẓ, kūra fierce, cruel; kūẓa-nāyi a ferocious, mean dog

Tulu : kūḷa, khūḷa

Tulu meaning : bad, mean, cruel

Tulu derivates : kūr-nāyi a fierce dog

Proto-Nilgiri : *kūk- (?)

Number in DED : 1913

Proto-South Dravidian : *lab-

Meaning : sound in imitation of that produced by beating oneself on the mouth (expr.)

Tamil : lapō-lapōv-en_al

Tamil meaning : expr. of beating the open mouth with the palm of the hand on account of sorrow

Kannada : labā̆, labō, laba laba

Kannada meaning : sound in imitation of that produced by beating oneself on the mouth

Tulu : labalaba

Tulu meaning : noise made by crying and beating the mouth; crying, weeping

Number in DED : 5185

Proto-South Dravidian : *lanǯ- (?)

Meaning : ape-flower

Tamil : ilañci, iriñci

Tamil meaning : pointed-leaved ape-flower

Malayalam : ilaññi, iraññi, eriŋŋi, eriññi

Malayalam meaning : Mimusops elengi

Kannada : reñje

Kannada meaning : M. elengi Lin.

Tulu : reñja, reñji, reñjirụ, reñjè, reñjeyi, reñjevu

Tulu meaning : M. elengi

Number in DED : 0496

Proto-South Dravidian : *lēs- (?)

Meaning : goodness

Kannada : lēsu

Kannada meaning : goodness, excellence, superiority

Tulu : lēsụ

Tulu meaning : an auspicious ceremony; excellent, good; (B-K) goodness, excellence

Number in DED : 5193

Proto-South Dravidian : *loḷ-

Meaning : dog's barking (expr.)

Kannada : loḷ, ḷoḷ, loḷ loḷ, ḷoḷ ḷoḷ

Kannada meaning : imitation of the sound of a dog's barking

Number in DED : 5198

Proto-South Dravidian : *lot- (?)

Meaning : hollow, ravine

Kannada : lotta

Kannada meaning : a hollow, ravine, pit

Number in DED : 5197

Proto-South Dravidian : *loṭ-

Meaning : empty, hollow (expr.)

Tamil : loṭaloṭa (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to be hollow or empty, become useless

Tamil derivates : loṭaloṭṭai anything hollow or empty, anything useless; loṭukku emptiness, hollowness

Malayalam : loṭṭa

Malayalam meaning : empty, vapid

Kannada : loṭṭe

Kannada meaning : emptiness, hollowness

Kannada derivates : loḍḍu, laḍḍu pithlessness, weakness

Number in DED : 5194

Proto-South Dravidian : *loṭ-

Meaning : rattle; sound of bell (expr.)

Tamil : loṭa-loṭav-en_al

Tamil meaning : onom. expr. signifying rattling

Kannada : loṭā̆, loḍa

Kannada meaning : sound to imitate that of a stone being shaken in an unsound pot, of a cracked bell being rung, of the wooden bell on a cow's neck

Kodagu : loṭ, loṭṭō

Kodagu meaning : noise of wooden cattle-bell

Number in DED : 5195

Proto-South Dravidian : *loṭ-ai

Meaning : tongue cluck (expr.)

Kannada : loṭṭe

Kannada meaning : cluck with the tongue in driving cattle

Number in DED : 5196