Proto-South Dravidian : *us-, *us-ir
Meaning : to live; life
Tamil : uy (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to live, subsist, have being, be saved, be relieved (from trouble), escape (as from danger)
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to ensure salvation; uykai salvation, deliverance, escape from hardship; uyti salvation, deliverance, remedy, expiation, ceasing; uyvu escaping from danger, salvation, remedy; uyal living, being, escaping; uyavu means of saving life; uyir (-pp-, -tt-) to revive, regain consciousness, be in vigorous functioning activity, breathe hard, be wafted as fragrance, breathe one's last; give birth to, smell, say, declare, emit; n. life (animal or vegetable), soul, living being, wind, voice; uiyrppu reanimation, revival, breath, wind, air, sighing, sweet fragrance; ucir life
Malayalam : uyir, uśir
Malayalam meaning : life, breath
Malayalam derivates : uyirkka to live, revive, survive; uyirppu life, reanimation; uyirppikka to quicken, raise to life; vīrkkuka to sigh, breathe; vīrppu breath
Kannada : usir, usur, usuru
Kannada meaning : breath, life, taking breath, caesura
Kannada derivates : usalu breath
Kodagu : usɨrɨ
Kodagu meaning : breath
Tulu : usuru, usulu, nusulu
Tulu meaning : breath, life
Number in DED : 0645
