Proto-South Dravidian : *kal_-
Meaning : to learn
Tamil : kal (kar_p-, kar_r_-)
Tamil meaning : to learn, study, practise (as arts), acquire skill in the use of arms
Tamil derivates : kalai arts and sciences, learning, erudition; kallāmai state of being unlearned, illiteracy, ignorance; kallān_ unlearned, illiterate person; kalli precocity, precocious child; kalvi studying, learning, erudition, science, practice, scientific work; kar_kai learning; kar_pan_, kar_r_avan_ learned person, scholar; kar_pan_ai learning, study, teaching, instruction; kar_pōn_ scholar, pupil; kar_pi (-pp-, -tt-) to teach, instruct; kar_pu learning, study, knowledge, chastity; kar_r_ar learned men
Malayalam : kalkka (kar_r_-)
Malayalam meaning : to learn
Malayalam derivates : kala art, science; kar_r_avar the learned
Kannada : kal (kalt-), kali (kalit-)
Kannada meaning : to learn
Kannada derivates : kalisu, kalusu to teach; kal learning; kali a learned man; kalike learning, skill; kalita, kalpi learning, erudition; kaliyuvike act of learning, learning; kale an art
Tulu : kalpuni
Tulu meaning : to learn, study
Tulu derivates : kalpāvuni to teach, instigate; (B-K.) kalpādi a learned man, sophist; hypocrite
Number in DED : 1297
