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Proto-South Dravidian : *kul-
Meaning : cluster, bunch of fruits
Tamil : kulai (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning : to shoot forth in a bunch (as a plantain); n. cluster, bunch (as of fruits, flowers)
Tamil derivates : kuluŋku (kuluŋki-) to be full, abundant (Asher-Radhakrishnan, p. 65)
Malayalam : kula
Malayalam meaning : bunch (esp. of coconuts and plantains, also of flowers)
Malayalam derivates : kulekka to bear fruit
Kannada : gole, gone
Kannada meaning : cluster or bunch of fruits (plantains, mangoes, grapes, coconuts, etc.)
Kannada derivates : konar(u) to get shoots, sprout; n. shoot, sprout, new branch
Kodagu : kola- (kolap-, kolat-)
Kodagu meaning : (plant) shoots against (one who planted it; in a proverb)
Kodagu derivates : kole bunch of plantains
Tulu : gonè
Tulu meaning : a bunch of fruits (as plantains, coconuts)
Tulu derivates : (B-K) kile, kīle a bunch
Proto-Nilgiri : *Kon
Notes : The forms with initial g- and inlaut -n- are irregular; contamination?
Number in DED : 1810
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