Tamil derivates :kutampai roll of palmyra leaves or cloth worn in the ear-lobe to widen the perforation; katampai coconut husk or fibre that covers the nut, ends and bits of palmyra leaves cut for writing; kōtu refuse, waste, empty kernels, etc.; covering, capsule, pod; fibrous structure of flowers
Malayalam :kotumpu, kotumpil
Malayalam meaning :strong fibrous fruit-stalk of coconut, used for strings; husk of corn before the ears burst, covering of coconut blossoms
Malayalam derivates :kotampa fibres used as string; katampa husk of coconut
Tulu :kodumbu, kudumbu
Tulu meaning :the cymbiform sheath of a bunch of coconuts
Number in DED :2087
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kotuvai
Tamil meaning :a pledge, pawn, mortgage
Number in DED :2088
Proto-South Dravidian :
Kannada :kottaḷige
Kannada meaning :(Hav.) stalk of a coconut branch
Tulu :kottalige, (B-K) kottaḷige
Tulu meaning :a palm branch stripped of its leaves
Miscellaneous :KOR (M) kontaḷgi stalk of a coconut branch
Number in DED :2089
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kottu
Tamil meaning :bunch, cluster, assembly, family
Tamil derivates :kontu cluster of flowers, gathering, multitude
Malayalam :kottu
Malayalam meaning :bunch of leaves or flowers, cluster
Kannada :kottu
Kannada meaning :bunch, cluster
Kannada derivates :kottaṇi, kottaẓi multitude, flock, assemblage; gondaṇi, gondaṇa, gondaḷa mass, assemblage, concourse of people, crowd; gondaṇisu to assemble; gutti, gudi bunch or cluster of fruits or flowers
Number in DED :2092
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kottai
Tamil meaning :rottenness, blot, blemish, fibrous rising on cloth, scab, scale
Malayalam :kotta
Malayalam meaning :dust, dirt as on the clothes of a traveller
Tulu :kottè
Tulu meaning :trash, dirt
Tulu derivates :gottè sweepings, rubbish
Number in DED :2094
Proto-South Dravidian :
Kannada :godda
Kannada meaning :a kind of black ant, the bite of which is painful
Kannada derivates :? kor_ale a kind of ant
Number in DED :2096
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kontaḷam
Tamil meaning :confusion, perturbation, turmoil
Tamil derivates :kontaḷi (-pp-, -tt-) to be rough or boisterous, swell (as the sea), be stormy, tumultuous
Kannada :gondala
Kannada meaning :confusion, bustle
Number in DED :2098
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kontaḷam
Tamil meaning :a kind of dance
Tamil derivates :konti mask, masquerade dance
Number in DED :2099
Proto-South Dravidian :
Kannada :gondi, gondu
Kannada meaning :alley, lane, narrow passage in the ocean, strait
Number in DED :2100
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tulu :kondra
Tulu meaning :small, little
Number in DED :2101
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :koppam
Tamil meaning :keddah for elephants
Malayalam :koppam
Malayalam meaning :pitfall for catching elephants
Number in DED :2103
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :koppaḷi (-pp-, -tt-), koppuḷi (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning :to gargle
Malayalam :koppuḷikka
Malayalam meaning :to gargle
Tulu :koppaḷipuni
Tulu meaning :to gargle, rinse the mouth
Number in DED :2107
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :koppi
Tamil meaning :a game of young girls attended with clapping of hands, singing, and dancing (< Te.)
Tulu :gobbu
Tulu meaning :a play, dance, game
Tulu derivates :gobbuni to play, trifle with, mock; gobbāvuni to make one play; gobbāṭa amusement
Number in DED :2108
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kuravai
Tamil meaning :dance in a circle prevalent among the women of sylvan or hill tracts
Number in DED :2108
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kopp-en_al
Tamil meaning :onom. expr. of moving quickly, swiftly or suddenly
Tamil derivates :kupp-en_al expr. signifying suddenness
Number in DED :2112
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kōẓi
Tamil meaning :grasshopper
Number in DED :2113
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :kommai
Tamil meaning :rampart, bulwark
Kannada :kumbe
Kannada meaning :wall on a flat roof that serves for a balustrade
