South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *nav-

Meaning : to soften, sodden

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

Tamil meaning : to become soft, be soddened by boiling, rot, decay (as clothes, books, wood), be weary (as the limbs by labour)

Proto-Nilgiri : *nav-

Number in DED : 3617

Proto-South Dravidian : *nej-

Meaning : to weave

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ney (-v-, -t-)

Tamil meaning : to weave as clothes, string, link together

Tamil derivates : neyvār the caste of weavers; neyvu weaving; necavu weaving, act of weaving, texture, intertexture, web; ? nēyavai curtain

Malayalam : neyka

Malayalam meaning : to weave, plait mats

Malayalam derivates : neyttu weaving; neypu a large mat for treading out corn in sandy districts; neyyal weaving

Kannada : nē̆y, nē̆yi, neyyu, nē, nēyu

Kannada meaning : to weave, entwine

Kannada derivates : neyi, nē, nēyu weaving, a web; nē̆yige, nē̆yge, nēge id., entwining or being entwined; neysu, nēyisu to cause to weave; nē̆yikār_a, neygekār_a, nēkār_a weaver

Kodagu : nēy- (nēyuv-, nejj-)

Kodagu meaning : to spin (thread)

Kodagu derivates : (Shanmugam) neyv braiding, weaving

Tulu : neyuni

Tulu meaning : to weave (as a spider)

Tulu derivates : neyipini, nēpini, nēyuni to weave, plait, braid; neyigè, nēgè texture; neyigāre weaver

Proto-Nilgiri : *nec-

Notes : PN *nec- < *nej-c-.

Number in DED : 3745

Proto-South Dravidian : *panǯ-i

Meaning : cotton

Tamil : pañci, pañcu

Tamil meaning : cotton, cloth, cotton cushion

Malayalam : paññi

Malayalam meaning : cotton

Kannada : pañji, pañjike

Kannada meaning : ball of cotton from which thread is spun

Proto-Nilgiri : *pa(n)ǯ

Number in DED : 3836

Proto-South Dravidian : *par_-par_-

Meaning : [expr.] tearing

Tamil : par_a-par_-en_al

Tamil meaning : onom. expr. of sound made in tearing cloth, scratching

Malayalam : par_upar_ē

Malayalam meaning : rough sound as of cloth tearing, bad cough

Kannada : par_a, par_apar_a

Kannada meaning : sound imitating that of rending or tearing cloth

Kannada derivates : par_ane with the sound of par_a

Tulu : parapara

Tulu meaning : noise of rending cloth

Number in DED : 4024

Proto-South Dravidian : *panāḍ-ai

Meaning : fibrous cloth-like web

Tamil : pan_n_āṭai

Tamil meaning : fibrous cloth-like web about the bottom of the leaf-stalk of a palmyra or coconut tree

Malayalam : pannāṭa

Malayalam meaning : fibrous cloth-like web

Kannada : pannāḍe

Kannada meaning : fibrous cloth-like web

Number in DED : 4041

Proto-South Dravidian : *puṭ-, *pUḍ-ai

Meaning : cloth

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : puṭaivai, puṭavai

Tamil meaning : cloth, garment, sari

Tamil derivates : puṭṭam, puṭṭakam cloth

Malayalam : puṭa, puṭava

Malayalam meaning : woman's cloth of 8 to 10 cubits, an awning

Kannada : huṭṭige, huṭṭuge

Kannada meaning : man's raiment, woman's cloth

Kannada derivates : (PBh.) puṭṭige a kind of dress

Kodagu : poḍea

Kodagu meaning : sari

Proto-Nilgiri : *poḍ-

Number in DED : 4256

Proto-South Dravidian : *pej-

Meaning : to wear (ornaments)

Tamil : pey (-v-, -t-)

Tamil meaning : to wear (as jewels, cloths, flowers), put on (as harness), tie, fasten

Proto-Nilgiri : *pej-, *pē-

Notes : Kota has a very strange stem for this root (pēv-); it is probably secondary. Toda, however, has the normal reflex (pɨy-).

Number in DED : 4408

Proto-South Dravidian : *bokaṇ-

Meaning : a k. of bag or pocket

Tamil : pokkaṇam

Tamil meaning : beggar's bag, wallet, cloth used as a sack

Tamil derivates : (?) mokkaṇi feed-bag, nose-bag; a kind of bridle for mules, etc.

Malayalam : pokkaṇam

Malayalam meaning : beggar's bag, wallet

Kannada : bokkaṇa

Kannada meaning : pocket in a coat, betel pouch, beggar's bag, horse's gram-bag

Tulu : bokkaṇa

Tulu meaning : bag, pocket

Number in DED : 4458

Proto-South Dravidian : *pot-i

Meaning : cloth

Tamil : potti

Tamil meaning : garment of fibres, cloth

Kannada : potti

Kannada meaning : cloth

Number in DED : 4515

Proto-South Dravidian : *maḍ-i

Meaning : cleanness, purity; pure cloth

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : maṭi

Tamil meaning : ceremonial purity, as of one who has bathed; cloth made of fibre of trees, coarse silk, cotton, etc., as ceremonially pure

Kannada : maḍi

Kannada meaning : cleanness, purity; a washed, clean cloth

Kannada derivates : maḍivā̆ḷa, maḍivaḷḷa, maḍivāḷi washerman; fem. maḍivāḷi, maḍivāḷagitti

Kodagu : maḍi

Kodagu meaning : ritual purity

Kodagu derivates : maḍi baṭṭe clean clothes; (Shanmugam) maḍivāḷë washerman; fem. maḍivāḷati

Tulu : maḍi

Tulu meaning : a newly washed cloth, bleached cloth, a garment of bark, silk or wool worn by brahmans and other high-caste people during meals or any ceremony

Tulu derivates : maḍḍele, maḍyele washerman

Number in DED : 4654

Proto-South Dravidian : *munḍ-

Meaning : a k. of cloth, garment

Tamil : muṇṭu

Tamil meaning : a short-sized cloth

Malayalam : muṇṭu

Malayalam meaning : the short cloth of Kēraḷa men

Kannada : muṇḍu

Kannada meaning : short cloth used as a turban or as an undergirth cloth

Kodagu : muṇḍɨ

Kodagu meaning : waistcloth

Tulu : muṇḍu

Tulu meaning : small upper garment

Tulu derivates : muṇṇi the folds of a male's cloth

Proto-Nilgiri : *munḍ

Number in DED : 4947

Proto-South Dravidian : *vaẓ-i-

Meaning : to scrape; to sweep

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : vaẓi (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to wipe, scrape, gather together as a pulpy mass, rub in with the hand as an ointment, smear as sandal-paste, roll up as one's clothes, shave

Tamil derivates : vaẓiyal that which is gathered together by wiping, scraping, etc.

Malayalam : vaṭikka

Malayalam meaning : to wipe off, scrape, polish, shave

Kannada : baẓi, boẓi

Kannada meaning : to sweep together as dust, wipe off or aside with the hand, scrape together with the hand, put on or apply to as lime, mud, etc. to a wall, cowdung to a floor, ointment to the body, besmear

Kannada derivates : caus. baẓacu, baẓicu, baẓisu, boẓisu; baẓu putting on or applying to; baẓugāre mortar that is applied to a wall; boẓiyuvike smearing; (Hav.) baḷugu to clean floor with cowdung

Tulu : baḷi

Tulu meaning : (B-K) to smear as lime

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḍ-ĭ-

Notes : Unclear -ṭ- in Malayalam.

Number in DED : 5295

Proto-South Dravidian : *vēḍ-

Meaning : cloth, cover

Tamil : vēṭu

Tamil meaning : cover for the mouth of a vessel, cloth for filtering

Malayalam : vēṭu

Malayalam meaning : cloth for covering vessels or for filtering

Number in DED : 5525

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