Tamil meaning :to separate, divide, apportion, distribute
Tamil derivates :(-v-, -nt-) to split (intr.); vakuti division, class, category; vakuppu dividing, classifying, section, division, class; vakiṭu parting in woman's hair; vakai (-v-, -nt-) to be divided; divide, cut, arrange a subject; n. division, branch, section, class, caste, manner, method, way, means, nature, quality; vakir (-v-, -nt-) to slice, cut in slips, split, cleave, tear open, divide; n. tearing, scratch, slice; vaci (-v-, -nt-) to split, cut
Malayalam :vakukka
Malayalam meaning :to divide
Malayalam derivates :vakuppu kind, sort, section, paragraph; vaka division, kind, item, means, property, stock; vakayuka to divide, compose; vakaccal distribution, composition of a work; vakayikka to accomplish a business
Kannada :bagaru
Kannada meaning :to scratch with the nails or claws (or with 5322)
Kannada derivates :bagi to separate, disunite, divide, make pieces, cleave, tear, lacerate, scratch, dig, scrape (bottom of pot with spoon); bage division, portion, part, section, sort, vanity, class, caste; bay-tale parting of the hair
Kodagu :bavtale
Kodagu meaning :parting of the hair
Tulu :bagè
Tulu meaning :kind, manner, way, species, means, resource, income
Tulu derivates :bakala gash, deep incision; baktalè, bagụtalè parting of the hair by combing, combing the hair into curls, crown of the head, chaplet
Tulu meaning :fertile kind of rice field in low land which can be easily irrigated
Number in DED :5258
Proto-South Dravidian :*vajaṇ- (?)
Meaning :manner, way
Tamil :vayaṇam, vayan_am
Tamil meaning :manner, method, way, circumstance, condition, clear details, particulars, sumptuousness, good agreeable condition, neatness, favourableness, suitability, reason, cause
Kannada :vayina
Kannada meaning :a way, means, contrivance
Tulu :vayana
Tulu meaning :manner, circumstance, way, art of doing a thing, device, scheme, expedient, artifice, dodge
Notes :Doubtful, as Kannada and Tulu point to an alien source of borrowing.
Tamil derivates :ver_umai emptiness, vapidness, profitlessness, uselessness, ignorance, poverty, quality of being umixed or pure; ver_i (-pp-, -tt-) to become empty as a place devoid of inhabitants, clear away as clouds; n. (also ver_iccu) emptiness as of a place devoid of inhabitants; ver_itu emptiness, uselessness, futility, stupidity; ver_ippu famine; ver_iyan_ empty, destitute person; ver_uman_ worthlessness; ver_uman_ē in vain, without advantage, without doing anything, idly; ver_r_a-ver_itu absolute worthlessness; ver_r_ar_ poor people, worthless persons; ver_r_imai emptiness, barrenness, bareness; var_aḷ emptiness; var_umai poverty, emptiness, helpless loneliness, difficulty; var_itu that which is small or insignificant, wothlessness, defect, poverty, emptiness
Malayalam :ver_u
Malayalam meaning :asunder, void of, empty, bare
Malayalam derivates :ver_utē for nothing, uselessly, for mere pleasure, idly, gratis; ver_uma emptiness; ver_r_an destitute, poor; var_u empty
Tamil meaning :fertility, abundance, greatness, largeness, strength
Tamil derivates :vaṇmai bounty, liberality, quality, nature, beauty, truth, fruitfulness, fertility, abundance, strength, praise, reputation; vaḷam, vaḷan_ fertility, productiveness, luxuriance, abundance, fullness, advantage, profit, wealth, riches, income, goodness, greatness, excellence, fitness, beauty, dignity, station, food, article of merchandise, victory, success; vaḷappam fertility, goodness, greatness, excellence; vaḷamai fertility, productiveness, goodness, wealth, riches, money, property, benefit, kindness, favour, greatness, excellence; vaḷamaiyar agriculturalists, wealthy prosperous persons, great or excellent persons; vaḷar (-v-, -nt-) to grow, lengthen, be elongated, increase, wax as the moon, rejoice, sleep, dwell, rest; (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to increase, cherish, foster, bring up; vaḷarcci growth, increase, stature, height, elongation, lengthening, sleep; vaḷarttu (vaḷartti-) to cause to grow, put to sleep, lengthen, prolong; vaḷarppu bringing up, fostering, foster-child, dependant; vaḷavan_ Cōẓa king; agriculturist; vaḷavu (vaḷavi-) to bring up, rear; vaḷḷal person of unbounded liberality, liberal donor; benevolence, ability; vaḷḷicu whole; beauty, neatness, correctness, exactness; vaḷḷiyan_, vaḷḷiyōn_ generous, liberal person; vaṭku (vaṭki-) to flourish, be luxuriant (as a plant); vaṇṇam thickness; vaṇṇattān_ stout
Malayalam :vaḷar
Malayalam meaning :great, strong
Malayalam derivates :vaḷaruka to grow, increase; become (auxiliary vb.); vaḷara, vaḷarē much, many, very; vaḷarkka to bring up, foster, rear, augment; vaḷarttuka to raise, rear; vaḷarcca growth, tallness, stature; vaḷarppu, vaḷarttal bringing up; vaḷḷal a liberal king, munificent; vaḷam manure; vaṇṇam stoutness, thickness; vaṇṇikka to thicken, become stout
Kannada :baḷe
Kannada meaning :to increase, become large, grow up, prosper
Kannada derivates :baḷayisu, baḷeyisu to cause to increase, cause to abound, cause to grow; baḷavi, baḷavige, baḷevige, baḷuvaḷike increase, growth; baḷuvu heaviness, weight; baḷpaḷa growth; baḷpaḷike id., greatness
Kodagu :baṇṇa
Kodagu meaning :stoutness of body
Tulu :baḷapuni
Tulu meaning :to grow, shoot up, be enlarged
Tulu derivates :baḷapāvuni to make grow, rear, bring up; baḷapu growth, growing
Number in DED :5304
Proto-South Dravidian :*vaḷ-
Meaning :thong; rope
Tamil :vaḷ, vaḷpu, vaḷvu
Tamil meaning :thong, lash
Malayalam :vaḷ, vaḷḷu
Malayalam meaning :stalks of palm-leaves to stitch an umbrella with
Kannada derivates :baḷakisu, baḷukisu to shake (tr.) as a long split of bamboo, a thin blade of a sword, etc.; baḷkudi fear; oṇaku to tremble, shake
