Proto-South Dravidian : *ar_-
Meaning : to cut; to break off
Tamil : ar_u (ar_uv-, ar_r_-/(mod.) ar_unt-)
Tamil meaning : to be severed, break as a rope, cease, become extinct, perish, be decided, settled
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to break off, cut, part asunder, sever, cleave, exterminate, determine, resolve; ar_al becoming detached by cutting; ar_uti end, close, termination, limit, destruction; ar_uppu harvest, reaping the crop, piece, section sawn; ar_umpu dearth, famine; ar_umai instability, transience; ar_ainan_ one who reaps; ar_uvaṭai harvest; ar_r_am destruction, ruin, destitution
Malayalam : ar_uka
Malayalam meaning : to be severed, cut off, break, cease
Malayalam derivates : ar_ukka to sever, cut off, decide; ar_u severing, cutting; ar_uti end, limit; ar_uppu severing, sawing, harvest; ar_umpu dearth; ar_r_am extremity, end
Kannada : ar_u
Kannada meaning : to be severed or disjoined, be cut asunder, cease, end
Kannada derivates : ar_aka state of being broken or injured as a tile, ball, etc.; ar_ake fragment, piece
Kodagu : ara- (arap-, arat-)
Kodagu meaning : to cut
Tulu : arpuni
Tulu meaning : to efface, obliterate
Number in DED : 0315
