South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : to grope, feel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : paratuka

Malayalam meaning : to seek groping, chiefly at night

Kannada : paraḍu

Kannada meaning : to scrape together with the hand or a hoe, (PBh.) to grope about, (Hav.) id.

Kodagu : baraj- (baraji-)

Kodagu meaning : to feel for (something), grope

Tulu : paraḍuni

Tulu meaning : to grope

Tulu derivates : paraṇṭuni to grasp, seize, lay hold of; araṇṭuni to grope for, grasp, seek, look for; araṇṭele a greedy person, miser; araṭuni to scramble, fumble; arantuni to feel, grope, grasp at; (? forms with initial a- from Ka. dial.)

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) baraṭɨ to grope; (M) haji to search

Notes : The suffix used in conjunction with this root is hard to determine (the correspondence Mal. -t- - Kan. -ḍ- - Kod. -j- with assimilative voicening *p- > b- in Kod. is unprecedented).

Number in DED : 3956

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : shield; armour

Tamil : param

Tamil meaning : armour for the body; a kind of shield

Tamil derivates : paricai shield, buckler

Malayalam : param

Malayalam meaning : shield

Malayalam derivates : parica a round shield

Kannada : parige, harige

Kannada meaning : shield

Number in DED : 3958

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : grain, pebble

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : paral

Tamil meaning : pebble, seed, stone of fruit

Tamil derivates : parukkai, parukkai-kkal small pebbles; paru-maṇal grit, sandstone

Malayalam : paral

Malayalam meaning : grit, coarse grain, gravel, cowry shell

Kannada : paral, paraḷ

Kannada meaning : pebble, stone

Kannada derivates : haraḷu castor oil plant; haraḷ-eṇṇe, (Hal.) hallɛnne castor oil

Kodagu : para

Kodagu meaning : pebble

Tulu : parelụ

Tulu meaning : grain of sand, grit, gravel; grain of corn, etc.; castor seed

Tulu derivates : pareldeṇṇè, (B-K) pareleṇṇe castor oil; par(a)pu a sandbed

Proto-Nilgiri : *par-ǝl

Number in DED : 3959

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : to love

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pari (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to be affectionate; n. love, affection

Tamil derivates : parivu affection, love, devotion, piety, delight, pleasure

Malayalam : parivu

Malayalam meaning : love

Kannada : paraḷiga

Kannada meaning : paramour

Number in DED : 3964

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : rough

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : paru

Tamil meaning : coarse, rough

Tamil derivates : parukkan_, parumai roughness, coarseness, grossness

Malayalam : parukku

Malayalam meaning : rough surface

Malayalam derivates : (Tiyya) parukkuva to make rough; parupara roughly, harshly; paruparukka to be rough, harsh; paruparuppu roughness, harshness

Kannada : parige, parparike, papparike

Kannada meaning : roughness (of surface), harshness, rough manners

Notes : External data show SDR p- to be secondary. Maybe the forms were heavily influenced by or directly borrowed from Sanskrit paruṣa-.

Number in DED : 3973

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : boil, pustule

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : paru

Tamil meaning : pimple, pustule, boil

Tamil derivates : parukk-en_- to blister

Malayalam : paru

Malayalam meaning : boil, ulcer

Proto-Nilgiri : *pap (?)

Notes : It's not likely that Toda pop is indeed related (normally we'd expect *par-up- > *parf-).

Number in DED : 3974

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : to drink, eat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : paruku (paruki-)

Tamil meaning : to drink, eat, devour, enjoy

Tamil derivates : parukal drinking, liquid food; parukku (parukki-) to cause to drink

Malayalam : parukuka

Malayalam meaning : to drink, sip, nibble; kiss, enjoy

Tulu : parpini

Tulu meaning : to drink, sip; take food (as a Pariah)

Tulu derivates : parpāvuni to cause to drink; parpāṭa drinking; parpele drunkard; paruvelụ food, meal (as of a Pariah)

Number in DED : 3975

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : dawn

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : pare

Kannada meaning : to dawn

Proto-Nilgiri : *par

Number in DED : 3980

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : side

Kodagu : para

Kodagu meaning : side (e. g. appara that side, kē̈kië para eastern side)

Proto-Nilgiri : *par

Number in DED : 3984

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-

Meaning : to sweep; broom

Tamil : perukku (perukki-)

Tamil meaning : to sweep

Tamil derivates : perukkal sweeping; paruvu (paruvi-) to sweep or gather together

Malayalam : perukkuka

Malayalam meaning : to sweep

Kannada : porake, parake, baralu, boralu

Kannada meaning : broom

Notes : Irregular vocalism variations; if we assume the vocalism -a- to be primary, as demonstrated by Tamil paruvu and the Kannada forms, the vowel -e- can be explained by contamination with *per_- 'to pick up, gather'.

Number in DED : 4415

Proto-South Dravidian : *par[a]-

Meaning : to praise; to pray

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : paracu (paraci-)

Tamil meaning : to praise, extol

Tamil derivates : paravu (paravi-) id., worship, reverence, adore, sing; paraval praising, worshipping

Malayalam : parikka

Malayalam meaning : a vow

Kannada : parasu

Kannada meaning : to utter a benediction, bless

Kannada derivates : parake, harake, harike benediction, vow

Kodagu : parake

Kodagu meaning : vow

Tulu : parasụ

Tulu meaning : benediction

Tulu derivates : parakè vow made in trouble, beseeching; harasuni to bless, wish well

Proto-Nilgiri : *par-ǝc-

Number in DED : 3951

Proto-South Dravidian : *paraḍ-

Meaning : ankle

Tamil : paraṭu, paraṇṭai, (Ramnad dial.) peraṇṭe

Tamil meaning : ankle

Kannada : paraḍu

Kannada meaning : ankle

Kannada derivates : haraḍi ankle, wrist

Number in DED : 3952

Proto-South Dravidian : *parad-

Meaning : a caste (fishermen)

Tamil : paratar, paratavar, paravar

Tamil meaning : inhabitants of a maritime tract, fishing tribes

Malayalam : paravan

Malayalam meaning : dwellers on the seacoast, a caste of fishermen

Malayalam derivates : fem. paratti

Tulu : parave

Tulu meaning : a man belonging to a low class of devil-dancers

Number in DED : 3957

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-ai

Meaning : film, cataract

Kannada : pare

Kannada meaning : coat of an onion, film on the eye, slough of a snake, web of a spider, lamina, dry scab, dandruff

Kannada derivates : pari spider's web

Tulu : parè

Tulu meaning : cataract or web on the eye

Number in DED : 3981

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-ak-

Meaning : poor; destitute

Tulu : paraki, parki, parkīsụ, parkelụ

Tulu meaning : destitute, wretched

Proto-Nilgiri : *par-

Number in DED : 3950

Proto-South Dravidian : *Paraṇ-

Meaning : loft, upper story

Tamil : paraṇ, paraṇi

Tamil meaning : watch-tower, upper story, (also paraṇai) rack over a fireplace, loft under the roof of a house

Malayalam : paraṇ, paraṇa

Malayalam meaning : loft under the roof, rude ceiling, frame for drying something over the fireplace

Tulu : (?) pareñji, pareji

Tulu meaning : scaffold, temporary platform

Number in DED : 3953

Proto-South Dravidian : *paranḍ-

Meaning : frog

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tulu : paraṇṭụ, poraṇṭụ

Tulu meaning : bull-frog

Number in DED : 3955

Proto-South Dravidian : *Parav-

Meaning : a k. of fish

Tamil : paravey

Tamil meaning : (Ag.) a kind of fish

Malayalam : parava

Malayalam meaning : a kind of fish

Number in DED : 3960

Proto-South Dravidian : *parav-i

Meaning : a k. of vessel

Kannada : paravi

Kannada meaning : earthen water-vessel of the form of the koḍa but larger

Proto-Nilgiri : *parǝvĭ

Number in DED : 3961

Proto-South Dravidian : *par-i-

Meaning : to cut; to scratch

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pari (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to separate, be sundered, break off, be destroyed, cut asunder, destroy

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to cut asunder; paruŋku (paruŋki-) to pluck (as fruit), tear off

Malayalam : parikku, parukku

Malayalam meaning : scratch, wound, scar

Malayalam derivates : pariŋŋuka to pluck grass; pariŋŋal scratched surface, hurt skin

Tulu : paripuni

Tulu meaning : to tear, rend

Tulu derivates : pariyuni to rend; partè, partelụ rent, tear (as in clothes); torn, tattered, old; partele man in rags; parluni to cut sharply, as a knife

Proto-Nilgiri : *par-

Number in DED : 3962