Tulu derivates :poṭṭe a dumb man; poṭṭi a silly woman, a dumb or taciturn woman; poḍumbu stupid, stolid, cowardly; poḍumbe a stupid or spiritless man; poḍḍa, puḍuta foolish
Tamil derivates :poṭupoṭu (-pp-, -tt-) to snap (as cords), speak fast in a rattling manner, wamble (as the bowels), fall (noisily as stones one after another); poṭu-poṭ-en_al onom. expr. signifying snapping of cords, falling of fruits or stones one after another, rattling in speaking
Malayalam :poṭṭuka
Malayalam meaning :to burst, explode, burst (as a sore), crack (as eggs), put forth (as buds)
Malayalam derivates :poṭṭal bursting; poṭṭu a crack, hurt; poṭṭikka to burst (tr.), crack
Kannada :poṭṭage
Kannada meaning :(PBh.) adv. indicative of breaking
Kannada derivates :(Bark.) hoṭṭɨ to burst, crackle
Kodagu :poṭṭ- (poṭṭi-)
Kodagu meaning :to burst with noise, explode
Tulu :poṭṭu
Tulu meaning :a crack, hurt
Tulu derivates :puḍāvuni to break, burst (intr.); puḍapuni id. (tr.); puḍatelụ a bruise, crack; bruised, broken, cracked; puḍeruni to break, burst
Notes :Malayalam derivatives all have irregular vocalism.
Number in DED :4491
Proto-South Dravidian :*poṭ-
Meaning :blind
Tamil :poṭṭai
Tamil meaning :blindness, blear-sight
Tamil derivates :poṭṭai-kkaṇ blind eye; poṭṭaiyan_ blind man; peṭṭai blindness; peṭṭai-kkaṇ defective eye, squint eye, small eye, the two false eyes of a coconut
Notes :A complicated case: Kota and Tulu contradict each other as to what regards the initial consonant. However, it is impossible to tell exactly which one is the real correspondence to Tamil-Malayalam.
Number in DED :4556
Proto-South Dravidian :*poẓal-
Meaning :town, city
Kannada :poẓal
Kannada meaning :town, city
Number in DED :4555
Proto-South Dravidian :*Poẓ-i
Meaning :ridge, boundary
Tamil :poẓi
Tamil meaning :ridge; boundary, limit; strip of land between sea and lagoon
Malayalam :poẓi
Malayalam meaning :a groove (as in door frames), a seed-bed or division of such
Number in DED :4557
Proto-South Dravidian :*pŏẓil-
Meaning :earth, country; watered ground
Tamil :poẓil
Tamil meaning :park, forest, flower-garden; earth, world; country, district
Tamil derivates :(?) pūẓil earth
Malayalam :poẓil
Malayalam meaning :watered ground, flower-garden, sandy shore, piece of low ground
Kannada :puẓil
Kannada meaning :sandbank
Notes :Tamil pūṛil doesn't fit in here with its phonetics. Could it be influenced by *pūṛ- 'to bury'?
Kannada derivates :pottar_ daytime; pottar_e, poẓtar_(e), poẓtaḍe daybreak, at daybreak
Kodagu :poḷɨdɨ, pōdɨ
Kodagu meaning :the cutting of paddy at the rice-harvest festival, the act of doing pūjā to the arms and shooting after the monsoon (i. e. an auspicious maŋgala ceremony)
Kodagu derivates :(N. and S. dialects) bodɨ heat of sun (or with 5517)
Tamil :pō (pōv-/pōkuv-/pōtuv-, pōn_-/pōyin_-; neg. pōk-)
Tamil meaning :to go, proceed, go away, reach a destination, be admissible, become long, extend, spread, exceed, be tall, become expert in, undergo, cease, abandon, go by, lapse, disappear, be lost, die
Tamil derivates :pōkai departure; pōvi (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to go, lead; pōvu going; pōkku (pōkki-) to cause to go, send, complete, perform, pass or spend (as time), ruin, kill; n. causing to go, way, passage, exit, walk, gait, going, departure; pōkki afterwards; pōkkan_ traveller, stranger
Malayalam :pōka
Malayalam meaning :to go, go away, go towards, be lost, be able
Malayalam derivates :verbal n. pōkal; pōkku going, passing off, way, exit, escape; pōkkan wanderer; pōkkuka to make to go, remove; pōkkal removing, passing over
Kannada :pō, pōgu, pōguha
Kannada meaning :going, departing, proceeding
Kannada derivates :pōgu (some forms from pō-), hōgu, ōgu to go, go away, pass away, be spent; pōpu to be zealously active in going; pōli, pōlu state of going or being gone, ruin, abandoned state, stray; pōka wanderer, vagabond
Kodagu :pō- (pōp-, pōc-; some forms with stems pōk-, pōy-)
Kodagu meaning :to go
Kodagu derivates :pōli-nāy cur
Tulu :pōpini
Tulu meaning :to go, go away, be lost, disappear, depart, start, (time) passes
Tamil meaning :to resemble, be like, similar, equal, match; a particle of comparison (also pōla)
Tamil derivates :pōli person or thing that is equal, similarity, likeness, pretence, hypocrisy; pōlimai similarity
Malayalam :pōluka
Malayalam meaning :to resemble
Malayalam derivates :pōl, pōla, pōlē like
Kannada :pōl, hōl, ōlu
Kannada meaning :to resemble
Kannada derivates :pōl resemblance, equality; like, as; pōlke, pōlve resemblance; pōlisu to cause to resemble, compare; pol to be fit or proper, excel; ōl(u), ol(u), vōl, vol(u) likeness, correspondence, equality; like, as; as if; so that
Kodagu :pōle
Kodagu meaning :like
Number in DED :4597
Proto-South Dravidian :*Pōl-
Meaning :hollow; hole
Tamil :pōl
Tamil meaning :hollow object, (Koll.) hollowness in a tree
