Tamil meaning :boundary, limit, extent, ridge of a field, causeway, brim, rule of conduct, principle
Tamil derivates :varappu ridge of a field, limit, boundary; varai small ridge as of paddy field, bank, shore, limit, boundary, measure, extent, place, time; (-v-, -nt-) to limit; varaippu limit, boundary, wall, enclosure; varaivu limit, measuring, discrimination
Malayalam :varampu
Malayalam meaning :limit, bank in rice-fields
Malayalam derivates :vara square on a chess-board, turn, time, measure; varu boundary, border; varukuka to mark a limit in measures; varē until, as far as, up to
Kannada :bara, bare, vari, vare
Kannada meaning :compass, space, room, limit; up to, till
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to write, paint, draw, adorn, decorate; n. line, streak, stripe, course (as of bricks), line (as of writing), row; varai (-v-, -nt-) to write, inscribe, paint, draw; n. line, wrinkle; varaippu writing; varaivu id., painting
Malayalam :vara
Malayalam meaning :line, streak, furrow, wrinkle
Malayalam derivates :varekka to make lines, rule a page, write; varaccal drawing lines, being wrinkled; varayuka, variyuka to draw lines; vari line, rule, row
Kannada :bare, bari
Kannada meaning :to write, draw
Kannada derivates :bare writing, lines or stripes; barepa, barapa, baraha, barā, barāvu writing, drawing, writ, scripture, written letters; barasu, barisu, bareyisu, baresu to cause to write, have written; barcaṇe paint, colour; barcisu to paint, colour
Kodagu :bare
Kodagu meaning :stripe, brand-mark, burn made on body in illness
Tulu :baripuni
Tulu meaning :to gash, cut, scratch, trim as the border of a field
Tulu derivates :barè branding the arm (in certain diseases); bareta line, mark, scar, weal, stripe; barepini to write, draw; barepāvuni to dictate, cause to write; barāvu writing, manuscript, learning
Notes :The forms badi, baḍi, etc., do not belong here really; if Telugu bari 'side' and vada 'nearness' are original, we have to deal with at least two different roots.
Number in DED :5267
Proto-South Dravidian :*varic-ai
Meaning :order, line
Tamil :varicai
Tamil meaning :order, regularity, line, row, series, turn (in duty or work), mark of honour, insignia of royalty, excellence, worth, regard
Kannada :varase, varise
Kannada meaning :line, row, lineage, race, family, a turn, a time
Notes :Borrowed from Telugu?
Number in DED :5269
Proto-South Dravidian :*varik-
Meaning :good (of fruit)
Malayalam :varikka
Malayalam meaning :good, sweet (fruit); the pulp of an unripe coconut
Tulu :barika, barikè
Tulu meaning :hard (distinguished from soft, as the pulp of a fruit)
Tulu derivates :barkena id.; solid, fast
Number in DED :5268
Proto-South Dravidian :*vark-ai
Meaning :a k. of jack-tree
Tamil :varukkai, varukkai-ppalā
Tamil meaning :a species of jack-tree
Malayalam :varikka-ppilāvu
Malayalam meaning :superior jack-tree
Kannada :bakke-valasa
Kannada meaning :a sweet kind of jack-fruit
Kannada derivates :(Hav.) bakke the hard variety of jack-fruit
Miscellaneous :KOR (M) bakki a hard type of jack-fruit
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to grill, fry, toast; var_al frying; var_uval curry fried in ghee or oil; var_aṭṭu (var_aṭṭi-) to fry, scorch; var_ai, var_aiyal fried curry or meat
Malayalam :var_a, var_avu
Malayalam meaning :frying
Malayalam derivates :var_al fried curry; var_ukka, var_aṭṭuka, varaṭṭuka to fry, grill; varaḷuka to be fried
Kodagu :bare- (barev-, barand-)
Kodagu meaning :to be fried in oil or ghee
Kodagu derivates :bara- (barap-, barat-) to fry in oil or ghee
Tamil derivates :var_al drying up, dry soil, drought, dried twig, dried fruit, flesh, etc.; var_am, var_an_ drying up, drought, hot season, dry soil; var_avar_-en_al becoming dry and hard; var_aḷ (var_aḷv-, var_aṇṭ-), varaḷ (varaḷv-, varaṇṭ-) to become dry, become lean or emaciated; n. drying up, emptiness, sandy soil; var_aṭci drought, dryness; var_aṭṭu (var_aṭṭi-), varaṭṭu (varaṭṭi-) to cause to dry up, parch; var_aṭan_ lean man, impotent man; var_aṭi lean woman, barren woman; var_aṭu dryness, barren animal (as a cow); var_aḷi anything dried; var_u (-v-, -nt-) to be parched; (-pp-, -tt-) to dry (tr.), parch; var_kaṭam, var_-kālam, var_pam drought, famine; var_r_u (var_r_i-) to grow dry, evaporate, ebb (as the tide), become absorbed (as matter in an ulcer), wither, become dry and shrivelled, become emaciated; n. drying up; var_r_am subsiding, ebb of tide, dryness; var_r_al subsiding, drying up, that which is withered, shrunk, or dried up, dried fruit, flesh, etc.; vali (-pp-, -tt-) to become dry; dry (tr.), scorch, parch; valiccal anything dried
Malayalam :var_u
Malayalam meaning :dry
Malayalam derivates :var_am drought, scarcity; var_avu drought, dry season; var_aṭi barren woman; var_aṭu dry (as fruit); varaṭu dry grass, hay, straw, a dry coconut; dry; var_aḷuka to dry up, grow dry, wound to be healed, grow very lean; var_aḷca drying up, bodily heat; var_aṭṭuka to dry up, parch; varaḷuka to grow dry, parched, lean; varaṭṭuka to dry, heal a wound; var_ukka to parch; var_uti drought, heat; var_r_uka to grow dry, be decocted, evaporated, reduced, wound to heal; var_r_al drying, evaporation, dried fruit; var_r_ikka to dry, evaporate (tr.)
Kannada :bar_e (bar_at-)
Kannada meaning :to grow dry, grow lean, disappear; n. dry soil
Kannada derivates :bar_a, bar_ahu dryness, barrenness, drought, dry firewood; bar_aḍu, baraḍu, baḍḍu barrenness; bar_aḍa man who has no children; bar_aḍi barren woman; bar_apa dryness; bar_alu bareness; barkaṭa, bakkaṭa, bakka bareness, voidness; battu, baccu to grow dry (as a stream), dry up, evaporate, grow lean, wither, fade; n. growing or being dry, etc.; battuge dryness; battale bareness; battalu dried vegetable or fruit
Kodagu :batt- (batti-)
Kodagu meaning :to go dry (tank, cow)
Tulu :baraṇṭuni
Tulu meaning :to grow dry, become lean or thin, a sore to heal
Tulu derivates :baraṇṭụ scurf, leanness; scurfy, scabby, lean, thin; baraḍụ, baraḍu barren, useless; bara famine, scarcity; bareluni to starve; bargaṭṭụ reduced, weak; baccuni, battuni to become lean, dry up, evaporate; baccāvuni to cause to dry, fade, stunt; baccelụ, battelụ leanness; baccele a thin man
