Tamil derivates :valaiyan_ fisherman; fem. valaicci; vala (-pp-, -nt-) to encircle, surround, spin as a spider its thread, plait, weave, string in a series, tie, bind
Malayalam :vala
Malayalam meaning :net, web
Malayalam derivates :valkka, vakkuka to catch fish; valayan a caste of hunters; fem. valayacci
Tamil meaning :to surround, hover around, walk around, move about (as foetus in the womb)
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to surround (tr.); n. circle, surrounding region, bangle, bracelet; vaḷaical, vaḷaippu enclosure, courtyard; vaḷaivu circle, circumference; vaḷaiyam ring, circle, bracelet, ambit; vaḷaiyal bangle; vaḷāvu (vaḷāvi-) to surround; vaḷākam enclosing, surrounding; vaṇaŋku (vaṇaŋki-) to surround, encompass
Malayalam :vaḷayuka
Malayalam meaning :to surround
Malayalam derivates :vaḷekka to enclose; vaḷaccal enclosing; vaḷayal surrounding; vaḷappu enclosure of a house, compound; vaḷa ring, bracelet; vaḷaiyam bracelet
Kannada :baḷasu
Kannada meaning :to go in a circle or round, walk or wander about, be surrounded, surround; n. act of surrounding or e ncompassing, what surrounds, state of being circuitous, one round or turn (as of a rope, etc.)
Kannada derivates :baḷe ring, armlet, bracelet
Kodagu :baḷe
Kodagu meaning :bangle, ring
Tulu :baḷè
Tulu meaning :bracelet, hoop
Tulu derivates :balepuni to enclose, surround, besiege
Tamil meaning :to become crooked, bend, bend low, yield
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to bend (tr.); vaḷaical crookedness, curve; vaḷaiyal that which is bent; vaḷaippu bending, crookedness; vaḷaivu id., arch
Malayalam :vaḷayuka
Malayalam meaning :to bend, be curved
Malayalam derivates :vaḷekka to bend (tr.), vault; vaḷavu bend, curve, arch; vaḷappu a bend as of a way, arch; vaḷaccal crookedness, arching
Notes :Tulu oḷāvu possibly through contamination with *ol- 'to shake, bend'?
Number in DED :5314
Proto-South Dravidian :*vaḷ-ai
Meaning :a k. of plant
Tamil :vaḷḷai
Tamil meaning :creeping bindweed, Ipomoea aquatica
Kannada :baḷḷe
Kannada meaning :name of a plant
Number in DED :5319
Proto-South Dravidian :*văḷ-ai-, *vaḷ-ār-
Meaning :twig; crossbar
Tamil :vaḷā̆r
Tamil meaning :twig, tender branch
Tamil derivates :vaḷai small beam, long piece of wood
Malayalam :vaḷar
Malayalam meaning :large beam, smaller beam put on the main beam of a roof, big stick
Malayalam derivates :vaḷa crossbars that support the rafters of a roof, wooden needle driven into the rafters
Tulu :baḷara
Tulu meaning :a kind of cornice ornamenting the beam on a wall, window or door-sill
Tulu derivates :baḷè, balè reepers or slips of bamboo used to fasten the rafters of a roof
Number in DED :5309
Proto-South Dravidian :*vălam-
Meaning :right side (of conch)
Tamil :valam-puri
Tamil meaning :that which curls to the right, conch whose spirals turn to the right (valam-puri-ccaŋku), lines on the palm of the hand resembling such a conch and considered auspicious, a head ornament shaped like such a conch; Indian screwtree, Helicteres isora
Malayalam :valam-piri
Malayalam meaning :turning to the right hand, as valam-piri śaŋkhu a rare conch; Helicteres isora
Kannada :balamuri
Kannada meaning :turning or winding to the right, a place at which a river turns to the right
Kannada derivates :balamuri-śaŋkha conch that winds to the right; balammuri to turn or wind to the right, as a river, etc.
Tulu :balamuri
Tulu meaning :turning to the right hand
Tulu derivates :balamuri-śaŋkha a rare conch that winds to the right
Number in DED :5279
Proto-South Dravidian :*văḷaŋ-
Meaning :large family
Tamil :valaŋkam
Tamil meaning :large family
Kannada :baḷaga
Kannada meaning :mass, multitude, assemblage, troop, the family circle, relatives
Tulu :baḷaga
Tulu meaning :quantity, heap, multitude, body
Miscellaneous :KOR (O) bali clan
Notes :The Tamil form is dialectal (or borrowed from Kannada).
Number in DED :5308
Proto-South Dravidian :*val-i-
Meaning :to draw, pull
Tamil :vali (-v-, -nt-; -pp-, tt-)
Tamil meaning :to draw, pull, row; have contortions or convulsions
Tamil derivates :vali, valippu pulling, dragging, spasm, convulsion
Malayalam :vali
Malayalam meaning :drawing, pull, tug, spasm
Malayalam derivates :valikka to draw, drag, row; have spasms; valippikka to cause to pull; valippu drawing, pulling, spasm; valiyuka to be drawn, extended, have spasmodic pain
Kodagu :bali- (balip-, balic-)
Kodagu meaning :to snatch, pull
Kodagu derivates :(Shanmugam) balip act of dragging
Miscellaneous :KOR (M) bali to pull
Number in DED :5282
Proto-South Dravidian :*val-i-
Meaning :to sound
Tamil :vali (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning :to say, tell, narrate; n. sound
Miscellaneous :KOR (O) vallɨ to bark
Notes :Koraga vallɨ is a strange form, notably because of an initial v- (*b- would be expected), but also because of gemination of -l- in a bisyllabic verbal base.
Number in DED :5283
Proto-South Dravidian :*val-i-
Meaning :sticky
Kannada :bali
Kannada meaning :(Hav.) to be sticky
Tulu :baliyuni
Tulu meaning :to stick fast as a plaster, poultice, etc.
Tulu derivates :balipuni to stick, adhere, hold fast
Tamil derivates :vallam, vallamai, vallai strength; vallavan_, vallān_ strong man, capable man; vallāḷan_ mighty man, hero; vallu (valli-) to be able; vallunar capable people; vala-kkai, valaŋ-kai right hand; valatu right side, victory; valam, valan_ strength, power, right side, victory, authority; valavai ability, powerful person; valavan_ capable man; vali strength, power; (-v-, -nt-; -pp-, -tt-) to be strong, hard, compel; valitu that which is strong, force, compulsion; valippu firmness, stability; vali-paṭu to become strong; valimai strength, skill, hardness; valiya strong, big; valiyan_ strong, powerful, skilful man; valivu strength; valu id., skill, ability; (-pp-, -tt-) to be strong or hard; valuppu firmness, strength; valumai strength, force, violence; vallapam strength, power, ability; var_pu strength, hardness; van_pu, van_mai strength, firmness; van_mam force; vāl greatness, abundance; vālimai greatness, strength
Malayalam :val, valu, valiya
Malayalam meaning :strong, powerful, great
Malayalam derivates :valiyā forcibly, suddenly; valaŋ-kai right hand; valam the right or strong side; valippam, valima greatness, bigness; valluka to be able, strong; vallabham power, capacity; vanpu greatness, strength; vampikka to grow large, grow arrogant
Kannada :bal
Kannada meaning :to grow strong or firm, etc.
Kannada derivates :bali to increase, grow, grow strong, stout, become tight, firm, hard; increase (tr.), make strong, firm; bal(u), bolu strength, firmness, bigness; greatness, abundance, excess; bala right; bala key/gey right hand; balisu to make strong; bal(u)me, baluhu, balpu strength; balla man who possesses ability, skill, or erudition; knowing
Kodagu :bala
Kodagu meaning :power, strength
Kodagu derivates :balate right (hand); ballyë great
Tulu :bala
Tulu meaning :strength
Tulu derivates :balatụ the right side; balata kai the right hand; balāpini to gain strength, recover health; balikè prowess, strength, hardness; balimè, balumè, balmè strength, might; balu very, large, great, severe, violent
Tamil meaning :a dish for use in eating or drinking, hour-glass, a measure for grain (= 4 marakkāl), a measure of capacity (= 2 or 4 paṭi), boat made of trunk of a tree, canoe
Tamil derivates :vallam ola basket
Malayalam :vaḷḷam
Malayalam meaning :canoe, boat of one trunk, large bamboo basket (holding 200-400 par_a of rice), a small measure
Malayalam derivates :vallam large basket to hold grain, grass, charcoal
Kannada :baḷḷa
Kannada meaning :a measure of capacity, the fourth part of a koḷaga or 4 mānas
Tulu :baḷḷa
Tulu meaning :a seer, measure of capacity equal to about one seer or eighty tolas
