South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *valt_- (?)

Meaning : paddy

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : valci

Tamil meaning : paddy, husked rice, boiled rice, food

Malayalam : var_r_u

Malayalam meaning : grain of boiled rice from which the water is strained off

Number in DED : 5287

Proto-South Dravidian : *vaḷuv-

Meaning : a name of caste

Tamil : vaḷḷuvan_

Tamil meaning : a Pariah caste, the members of which are royal drummers, and priests for Paraiyas

Malayalam : vaḷḷuvan

Malayalam meaning : a priest of the Parayas, a low-caste sage, a caste of slaves

Number in DED : 5318

Proto-South Dravidian : *vaḷūr-

Meaning : flesh

Tamil : vaḷḷū̆ram

Tamil meaning : muscle, flesh, meat, beef

Malayalam : vaḷḷūram

Malayalam meaning : dried meat, salt-fish

Notes : Borrowed from Skt.?

Number in DED : 5317

Proto-South Dravidian : *văḷ-V-

Meaning : sloping (roof)

Tamil : vaḷavi

Tamil meaning : sloping roof, eaves

Kannada : baḷidu

Kannada meaning : state of being sloping (of a roof), of not being steep (as a hill), of inclining from a horizontal direction (as the haft of a hoe)

Number in DED : 5311

Proto-South Dravidian : *vamb-

Meaning : flattery; gossip

Tamil : vampu

Tamil meaning : instability, uselessness, worthlessness, idle talk, gossip, scandal, evil word, falsity, base conduct, indecent language, deceit, quarrel

Tamil derivates : vampan_ worthless person, gossip-monger, mischievous, wanton person, illegitimate son; fem. vampi

Tulu : bambè

Tulu meaning : flattery, false praise, prattling

Tulu derivates : bammana slander, backbiting; bamana backbiting; bamanipuni to backbite

Number in DED : 5252

Proto-South Dravidian : *vamb-

Meaning : bamboo

Tamil : vampu

Tamil meaning : curved bamboo pole of a palanquin

Tamil derivates : pampu-mūŋkil a variety of bamboo

Malayalam : vampu

Malayalam meaning : a bamboo, chiefly as a measure of palm-wine

Kannada : bambu, bombu

Kannada meaning : a large, hollow bamboo

Tulu : bambu

Tulu meaning : bamboo

Number in DED : 5253

Proto-South Dravidian : *vaṇ-

Meaning : washerman

Tamil : vaṇṇān_, vaṇṇattān_, vaṇṇāttān_

Tamil meaning : washerman

Tamil derivates : fem. vaṇṇātti

Malayalam : vaṇṇattān, vaṇṇān

Malayalam meaning : washerman

Malayalam derivates : fem. vaṇṇātti

Number in DED : 5241

Proto-South Dravidian : *vaṇ-

Meaning : calf of leg

Malayalam : vaṇṇa

Malayalam meaning : calf of leg

Number in DED : 5249

Proto-South Dravidian : *van- (?)

Meaning : malice, anger

Tamil : van_mam

Tamil meaning : malice, grudge

Tamil derivates : van_mai anger; van_mi (-pp-, -tt-) to be hard-hearted, bear malice

Proto-Nilgiri : *vin-

Notes : Extremely strange vocalism in PN, and the root is dubious by itself.

Number in DED : 5328

Proto-South Dravidian : *vaṇ-a-/*vaṇ-ai-

Meaning : to bend

Tamil : vaṇaŋku (vaṇaŋki-)

Tamil meaning : to bend, yield, be submissive; worship, salute respectfully

Tamil derivates : vaṇakku (vaṇakki-) to bend (tr.), make flexible (as the body), make submissive; vaṇakkam, vaṇakku bending, worship, submission; vaṇar (-v-, -nt-) to bend (intr.), curl (as the hair); n. vault; vaṇai (-v-, -nt-; -pp-, -tt-) to bend (intr.)

Malayalam : vaṇaŋŋuka

Malayalam meaning : to bend, bow, salute respectfully

Malayalam derivates : vaṇakkam obeisance, reverence; vaṇakkuka to bend (tr.); vaẓaŋŋuka to follow suit, yield, bend, ask humbly; vaẓakkam submission, obedience; talavaẓakkam bowing the head

Notes : Strange -ṛ- in some Malayalam forms; possible contamination with several *vaṛ-type roots.

Number in DED : 5236

Proto-South Dravidian : *vanḍ-

Meaning : shameless, rude; obscene

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : vaṇṭu

Tamil meaning : low, mean conduct

Tamil derivates : vaṇṭan_ wicked person; vaṇṭattan_am wickedness, lewdness; vaṇṭai that which is corrupt or vulgar

Kannada : baṇḍu

Kannada meaning : shamelessness, lewdness, disgrace

Kannada derivates : baṇḍa a shameless, dishonourable, lewd, profligate man; baṇḍaga, baṇḍatana, baṇḍutana shamelessness, profligacy

Kodagu : baṇḍë

Kodagu meaning : shameless man

Kodagu derivates : fem. baṇḍati; baṇḍatana shamelessness

Tulu : baṇḍu, bhaṇḍụ, (B-K only baṇḍụ)

Tulu meaning : obscenity, rudeness

Tulu derivates : bhaṇḍa obscene, impudent; baṇḍe, bhaṇḍe a lewd man, an indecent man

Proto-Nilgiri : *vanḍ

Number in DED : 3902

Proto-South Dravidian : *vanḍ-

Meaning : dregs; dirt

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : vaṇṭal

Tamil meaning : dregs, lees, sediment, silt, mud, mire, slush, earth washed ashore by a river, lake, etc., alluvial soil

Tamil derivates : vaṇṭalam slush; vaṇṭi sediment, dregs, lees

Malayalam : vaṇṭar_u

Malayalam meaning : dirt, filth

Malayalam derivates : vaṇṭikkāran cleaner of vessels in a temple

Kannada : vaṇḍu, oṇḍu, baṇḍalu

Kannada meaning : sediment, deposit, lees, dregs, muddy deposit of a flood, river, or tank, muddiness, turbidness

Number in DED : 5237

Proto-South Dravidian : *vanḍ-

Meaning : a k. of bird (pelican, crane)

Tamil : vaṇṭān_am

Tamil meaning : pelican ibis

Tamil derivates : vaṇṭāẓŋ-kuruku a kind of heron

Malayalam : vaṇṭāraŋ-kōẓi

Malayalam meaning : Indian crane

Number in DED : 5238

Proto-South Dravidian : *vanḍ-

Meaning : a k. of bee

Tamil : vaṇṭu

Tamil meaning : bee, a kind of bee

Tamil derivates : (lex.) vaṭu beetle

Malayalam : vaṇṭu

Malayalam meaning : a black bee, wasp, beetle

Kannada : baṇḍu

Kannada meaning : honey, pollen of flowers

Kannada derivates : baṇḍ-uṇi the large black bee

Proto-Nilgiri : *va(n)ḍ

Number in DED : 5239

Proto-South Dravidian : *van-i

Meaning : a k. of prickly tree

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : van_n_i

Tamil meaning : Prosopia spicigera

Malayalam : vanni

Malayalam meaning : Prosopia spicigera

Kannada : banni

Kannada meaning : a prickly tree with an eatable pod, Prosopia spicigera Lin.; Acacia ferruginea

Number in DED : 5330

Proto-South Dravidian : *van-i-

Meaning : a caste name

Tamil : van_n_iyan_

Tamil meaning : a caste; caste title among certain castes (as the Kaḷḷar, Valaiyar, etc.)

Tamil derivates : van_n_i person of the Van_n_iya caste

Malayalam : vanniyan

Malayalam meaning : a Tamil tribe immigrated from Trichinopoly

Number in DED : 5331

Proto-South Dravidian : *vans-/*văsir_

Meaning : belly

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : vayir_u

Tamil meaning : belly, stomach, paunch, womb, centre, heart of a tree, interior, inner space, mind

Tamil derivates : vayin_ belly, stomach; vayā foetus, womb

Malayalam : vayar_u

Malayalam meaning : belly, stomach, inside, receptacle of fruit-seeds

Malayalam derivates : vayar_an big-bellied; fem. vayar_i

Kannada : basar_(u), basir_, basur_(u), basr_u

Kannada meaning : belly, abdomen, womb, pregnancy, embryo, the inside, hold of a ship

Kannada derivates : basar_i, basur_i pregnant woman

Tulu : bañji

Tulu meaning : stomach, belly, womb, interior or inner part as of a tree, the mind, heart

Tulu derivates : bañjina, bañjinavu pregnancy; stools; pregnant; bañjele glutton; basuri, basuru pregnancy

Proto-Nilgiri : *vīr_

Irula : vő:r_u

Kasaba : vǝ̄r_ɨ

Kasaba meaning : stomach

Notes : Kas. 218; Zv. Ir. 606. Tulu preserves the original suffixless form.

Number in DED : 5259

Proto-South Dravidian : *vanǯ-i

Meaning : rattan (a k. of bamboo)

Tamil : vañci

Tamil meaning : common rattan of south India, Calamus rotang (and some other similar plants)

Malayalam : vañci, vaññi

Malayalam meaning : bamboo, reed

Number in DED : 5216

Proto-South Dravidian : *vanǯir-

Meaning : a k. of sea-fish

Tamil : vañciram

Tamil meaning : a sea-fish, bluish, attaining 6 feet in length, Cybium guttalum; seer, bluish, attaining 3 feet in length, C. interruptum

Number in DED : 5217

Proto-South Dravidian : *vaŋk-

Meaning : hole

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : vaŋku

Tamil meaning : orifice, hole, hollow as in a stone, rat-hole, snake-hole, cave, cavern, hollow in a tree

Malayalam : vaŋku

Malayalam meaning : hole of rats, snakes, etc., cave

Tulu : oŋka

Tulu meaning : hole of rats, snakes, etc.

Number in DED : 5212