South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *iṭ-

Meaning : narrow

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Stems: *iṭ- ["narrow"]; *iḍ-ùŋ- ["to shrink"]

Tamil : iṭukku

Tamil meaning : narrow lane, parting between fingers, crevices between the teeth, cleft in split wood, any place where a person or thing may get pressed or wedged in, difficulty, trouble, straits

Tamil derivates : iṭukkam closeness, narrowness of space, trouble; iṭukkal, iṭuval crevice; iṭuŋku (iṭuŋki-), iṭuku (iṭuki-) to shrink, contract; iṭukkaṇ misery, distress; iṭukkaṇi corner, nook; iṭakkar being close and crowded; iṭaŋkar narrow path; iṭaiñcal narrowness, closeness, trouble; iṭṭu small, narrow; iṭṭiṭai smallness, minuteness; obstacle, hindrance; iṭṭiṭaiñcal trouble, straits; iṭṭitu scantiness, slenderness; iṭṭimai smallness, narrowness; iṭṭaḷam crowd, throng, insufficient air-space, difficulty, affliction; iṭṭaḷappaṭu to be brought together as fragments and concentrated within a small area; iṭṭēr_i narrow path between two fields (local)

Malayalam : iṭukku

Malayalam meaning : narrow passage, straitness, difficulty, poverty

Malayalam derivates : iṭuŋŋuka to be straitened, contracted; iṭukkuka to confine; iṭaŋŋu strait; iṭumpu a narrow passage; iṭṭil lane between two hedges; eṭayi a by-way, lane; (Tiyya) eṭa lane, narrow path

Kannada : iḍaku, iṭaku, iṭuku, iḍaŋku, iḍiku, iḍuka, iḍuku, iḍugu

Kannada meaning : narrowness, closeness, straitness, difficulty, trouble

Kannada derivates : iṭṭu state of being close, narrow, pressed, thronged; iṭṭaṇisu, iṭṭaḷisu to be close, thronged, crowded, abundant, assemble in large numbers; iṭṭaṇa, iṭṭaḷa a crowd, throng, mass, abundance

Tulu : iṭṭiḍe

Tulu meaning : narrowness

Tulu derivates : (B-K.) eḍeŋkilụ corner, predicament

Irula : iḍukku

Irula meaning : narrow lane

Notes : Irula 113. Practically all the Kannada nouns go back to *iḍ-ùk-; the -a- in the second syllable is secondary, which explains the lack of forms like *eḍaku. The few forms with initial e- (dial. Mal., Tulu) are probably secondary formations as well.

Number in DED : 0445