Proto-South Dravidian : *kul-uŋ-
Meaning : to shake
Tamil : kuluŋku (kuluŋki-)
Tamil meaning : to be shaken, agitated, tremble, shudder, quake with fear
Tamil derivates : kulukku (kulukki-) to shake up and down (tr.), agitate, shake together in a mass, mix by shaking together; walk with affected gestures, put on airs; n. shake, jolt, affected gestures, foppish airs; kulukki gay, dressy, mincing woman; kulai (-v-, -nt-) to tremble, shudder, shake, be deranged, upset, thrown into confusion, be dishevelled, become loose, be destroyed, lose one's heart, become softened; (-pp-, -tt-) to shake, agitate, disturb, disorganize, scatter, untie, loosen, destroy; kulai-kulai- to tremble, be agitated greatly; kulaiccal destruction, ruin; kulaippan_, kulaippu shivering fits
Malayalam : kuluŋŋuka
Malayalam meaning : to shake, quake, be agitated
Malayalam derivates : kulukkuka to shake, agitate; kulukkam a shock; kulukku a shaking; kulayuka to jolt, shake, be agitated (as a branch under a monkey); kulavu hesitation; kulekka to shake (tr.)
Kannada : kuluku, kulaku, kuliku
Kannada meaning : to shake (tr., as a bottle, as the body in dramatic action or in putting on foppish airs, as the voice in singing)
Kannada derivates : kuluku, kulku, kukku shaking, a shake, jolting, trotting; kulukugāti a woman of affected gestures, lewd woman; kulikisu, kulakisu, kulukisu to cause to shake by another, shake, agitate; (Hav.) kurksu to shake
Kodagu : kulɨŋg- (kulɨŋgi-)
Kodagu meaning : to shake (intr.)
Kodagu derivates : kulɨk- (kulɨki-) to shake (tr.)
Tulu : kurkuni
Tulu meaning : to shake (intr., as a tree)
Tulu derivates : kurkāvuni to shake (tr.), agitate
Number in DED : 1806
