South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯōḷ- (*ǯonaḷ-)

Meaning : maize

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cōḷam, con_n_al

Tamil meaning : maize, great millet, Sorghum vulgare

Malayalam : cōḷam

Malayalam meaning : maize, great millet, Sorghum vulgare

Kannada : jōḷa

Kannada meaning : a generic name for several species of millet

Kodagu : jōḷa

Kodagu meaning : great millet

Tulu : jōḷa

Tulu meaning : great millet

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sōḷ-

Notes : Tamil con_n_al borrowed from Telugu?

Number in DED : 2896

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯōr-

Meaning : to trickle, leak out

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : jōru

Kannada meaning : to trickle, drip, drop, leak; n. trickling, flowing

Kannada derivates : juri to ooze away, flow or ooze out plentifully (cf. Mar. jhurṇẽ)

Tulu derivates : doriyuni to flow, run out or run over as corn from a sack or bundle, fall as rain, shower, feel a limb heavy; doripuni to shoot out as corn, etc., from a sack or hundle

Proto-Nilgiri : *ǯōr-

Miscellaneous : KOR (T) jori to leak

Number in DED : 2883

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯuḷ-

Meaning : pungent; to prick

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cuḷ, cuḷḷu

Tamil meaning : pungency

Tamil derivates : cuḷḷ-iṭu to prick, smart (as from pungency on the tongue), scorch (as the piercing heat of the sun), be stung to the quick; cuḷḷ-en_al expression of sternness, severity, or pungency; cuḷḷu-ccuḷḷ-en_al expr. signifying sharp pricking sensation

Malayalam : cuḷucuḷē

Malayalam meaning : with sharp pain

Malayalam derivates : cuḷucuḷukka to feel hot, irritated by the touch of nettles, piercing pain

Kannada : juḷḷu

Kannada meaning : (Coorg) to prick

Number in DED : 2699

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯuṭ-

Meaning : tuft of hair

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cuṭṭi

Tamil meaning : tuft of hair

Malayalam : juṭṭu

Malayalam meaning : (Tiyya) tuft of hair on shaven head

Kannada : juṭṭa, juṭṭu, juṭlu

Kannada meaning : the tuft of hair left on the crown of the head at the ceremony of tonsure, crest, tuft growing on an animal's head

Kannada derivates : (Hav.) joṭṭu hair-knot

Kodagu : jɨṭṭɨ

Kodagu meaning : tuft of hair as worn by brahmans, etc., woman's backhair

Tulu : juṭṭu

Tulu meaning : tuft of hair on the head, cue

Number in DED : 2655

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯuv-

Meaning : fig tree

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cuvalai

Tamil meaning : pipal

Tamil derivates : cuvi white fig, Ficus infectoria; stone fig, Ficus gibbosa parasitica

Malayalam : cuvann-āl

Malayalam meaning : (Lush.) Ficus infectoria

Kannada : juvvi mara

Kannada meaning : wavy-leaved fig tree, Ficus infectoria

Number in DED : 2697

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : icaŋku, caŋkañ-ceṭi, uvar-ccaŋkam, muṭ-caŋku

Tamil meaning : mistletoe berry thorn, Azima tetracantha

Malayalam : iyaŋku, iśaŋku

Malayalam meaning : mistletoe berry thorn, Azima tetracantha

Kannada : egaci, uppegaci, uppagaci, uppacci

Kannada meaning : Monetia barlerioides

Kannada derivates : (DCV) isagele mistletoe berry thorn [A. tetracantha, Lamk. = M. barlerioides, L'Hérit.]

Number in DED : 0421

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṭar

Tamil meaning : affliction, distress, trouble, poverty

Tamil derivates : iṭai trouble, difficulty, check, impediment; iṭaiyīṭu, iṭaiyūr_u obstacle; iṭumpu cruelty, oppression, tyranny; iṭumpai suffering, affliction, distress, calamity, evil, harm, injury, disease, poverty; iṭaiñcal obstruction, hindrance, trouble

Malayalam : iṭar

Malayalam meaning : trouble, grief, impediment, hindrance

Malayalam derivates : iṭayūr_u obstacle; iṭampuka to obstruct

Kannada : iḍaru, iḍuru, iḍru, eḍaru, eḍru

Kannada meaning : impediment, hindrance, trouble, enmity

Kannada derivates : eḍar_, eḍar_u poverty, indigence, ruin

Number in DED : 0435

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṭi (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to sound loud, roar, thunder, throb, beat, ache (as the head); n. thunder, roar, great noise, ache, throbbing pain

Tamil derivates : iṭippu thunder, noise

Malayalam : iṭi

Malayalam meaning : thunderbolt

Proto-Nilgiri : *iḍĭ-

Number in DED : 0438

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṭi

Tamil meaning : flour, esp. of rice or millet; light meal with flour as its chief ingredient

Tamil derivates : iṭiyal a loose confectionary made of flour; iṭiyappam steamed rice-cake

Malayalam : iṭiyappam, iṭiyuṇṇi

Malayalam meaning : a kind of cake

Number in DED : 0439

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṭiñcil

Tamil meaning : the hollow portion of a lamp, which is the receptacle for the oil

Malayalam : iṭiññil

Malayalam meaning : small earthen lamp

Number in DED : 0441

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṭai (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to grow weary (as with long waiting), be damped in spirits

Number in DED : 0447

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṭai

Tamil meaning : the herdsman caste

Tamil derivates : iṭaiyar men of the herdsman caste inhabiting the mullai country; fem. iṭaicci

Malayalam : iṭayan, eṭayan

Malayalam meaning : the middle caste of shepherds and cowherds, rather foreigners in Malabar

Malayalam derivates : fem. iṭacci; iṭaśśēri herdsmen's quarter

Number in DED : 0450

Proto-South Dravidian :

Malayalam : iṭṭar_a

Malayalam meaning : wooden block with a notch, used by carpenters to wedge in planks in order to work them

Tulu : iṭṭarè, iṭṭire

Tulu meaning : a mortice, cavity cut into a piece of timber to receive the end of a beam or plank; a stone placed under a beam

Number in DED : 0454

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṇar (iṇari-)

Tamil meaning : to be dense; n. a cluster of flowers, full-blown flower, pollen, bunch of fruit

Malayalam : iṇar

Malayalam meaning : fish-spawn

Number in DED : 0456

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : iṇṭai

Tamil meaning : circlet of flowers, variety of garland

Malayalam : iṇṭa

Malayalam meaning : a kind of garland

Kannada : iṇḍe

Kannada meaning : wreath, garland

Number in DED : 0458

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : ibbuḍlu-baḷḷi

Kannada meaning : the melon plant, Cucumis melo Lin.

Tulu : ibbuḍlu

Tulu meaning : a kind of cucumber

Number in DED : 0464

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : imir (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to sound, hum

Tamil derivates : imiẓ (-v-, -nt-) to sound, buzz; (-pp-, -tt-) to sound, hum; n. sound, hum, roar

Malayalam : imaruka

Malayalam meaning : to groan

Number in DED : 0466

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : imbu

Kannada meaning : a halting or resting place, home, place, space, room

Kannada derivates : imba width, breadth

Tulu : imbu

Tulu meaning : place, room, space, refuge, opportunity; broad, wide

Number in DED : 0467

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : immi

Tamil meaning : grain of red little-millet, atom, smallest fraction (1/1,075,200)

Malayalam : immi

Malayalam meaning : a fraction (1/494,802 or 1/2,150,400)

Malayalam derivates : immiṇi a little, very little quantity

Number in DED : 0468

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : illaṭai

Tamil meaning : soot adhering to the inner side of the roof

Malayalam : illara-kkari, illar_a-kkari

Malayalam meaning : grime, soot

Kannada : illaṇa

Kannada meaning : soot adhering to the inner side of the roof

Number in DED : 0498