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Proto-South Dravidian : *kir_-
Meaning : small
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : cir_u (cīr_ before vowel), cir_r_u
Tamil meaning : small
Tamil derivates : cir_u (-pp-, -tt-), cir_uku (cir_uki-) to be small, short, stunted in growth, shrink, diminish, be impoverished, sink low; cir_ukku (cir_ukki-) to reduce in size or quantity, lessen; cir_uka sparingly, a little; cir_ukkan_ boy; cir_ukki girl, wench, maidservant; cir_umai smallness, insignificance, youth, diminution, poverty, scarcity, baseness; cir_uval little child, childhood; cir_uvan_ boy, son, low person; cir_uvi daughter; cir_uvōr little boys, children; cir_āmpu (cir_āmpi-) to shrink, look small, grow lean; cir_ār children; cir_icu that which is small, young boy or girl; cir_itu that which is small; cir_iya small, young, base; cir_iyan_ insignificant person, boy; cir_r_āḷ boy, servant, boy or girl cooly
Malayalam : cir_r_u, cer_r_u
Malayalam meaning : small
Malayalam derivates : cir_r_āḷ boy labourer; cer_u small, little, young, mean; cer_ukuka to shrink; cer_ukkan lad, servant, bridegroom; cer_ukki girl; cer_uppam, cer_uma childhood; cer_uman child, slave, Pulayan; cer_umi girl, slave girl, Pulachi
Kannada : kir_i, kir_a, kir_u, kir_idu, kirdu, kittu
Kannada meaning : that which is small, little, short, young, insignificant, inferior; (quoted by Shanmugam from Vaḍḍārādhane) kir_iyam young man; fem. kir_iyaḷ; epic. pl. kir_iyar
Kodagu : kɨrkë, ceryë
Kodagu meaning : small
Tulu : kiri, kiru
Tulu meaning : small, little, young, low, mean
Tulu derivates : kirdụ inferior; kirtara an inferior sort; kiriye a junior, younger member; kigga little, small; tidụ, tidi small; tidipañca dwarfish, short; tiddya junior, younger; tiddyāye a young man
Proto-Nilgiri : *kir_
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) kidane father's younger brother; (T) kidderɨ children
Number in DED : 1594
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