Proto-South Dravidian : *kur-
Meaning : pustule, boil
Tamil : kuru
Tamil meaning : pustule, blister, any eruptive disease such as smallpox, measles, boil, sore, prickly heat, horripilation
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to appear, break out (as prickly heat); kuruppu pimple
Malayalam : kuru
Malayalam meaning : pustule, boil, smallpox
Malayalam derivates : kurukka to break out as smallpox; kuruppu smallpox
Kannada : kuru, kuruvu
Kannada meaning : a protuberance or excrescence on the body, a boil
Tulu : kuri
Tulu meaning : a boil
Tulu derivates : kurni sore on the eyelid
Number in DED : 1780
