Proto-South Dravidian : *koḍ-
Meaning : curved
Tamil : koṭu
Tamil meaning : curved, bent, crooked
Tamil derivates : koṭumai crookedness, obliquity; koṭukki hooked bar for fastening doors, clasp of an ornament; koṭuŋ-kāy cucumber; koṭuŋ-kai folded arm; koṭu-maram bow; koṭu-vāy curved or bent edge (as of billhook); koṭu-vāḷ pruning knife, billhook, sickle, battle-axe; kuṭa curved, bent; kuṭakkam bend, curve, crookedness; kuṭakki that which is crooked; kuṭakkiyan_ humpback; kuṭaŋku (kuṭaŋki-) to bend (intr.); kuṭaŋkai palm of hand; kuṭantai curve; kuṭavu (kuṭavi-) to be crooked, bent, curved; n. bend, curve; kuṭā bend, curve; kōṭu (kōṭi-) to bend, be crooked, go astray, be biased; n. crookedness, obliquity; kōṭal bending, curving; kōṭi bend, curve; kōṭṭam bend, curve, warp, partiality, crookedness (as of mind); kōṭṭu (kōṭṭi-) to bend (tr.); ṭoŋku crookedness
Malayalam : koṭuŋ-kai
Malayalam meaning : bent arm
Malayalam derivates : koṭu-vāḷ hatchet, large splitting knife; kōṭuka to be crooked, twisted, awry, warp (of wood); kōṭṭuka to bend (tr.); kōṭṭam crookedness, distortion; kōṭṭal what is crooked, turn, way of escape
Kannada : kuḍu, kuḍa, kuḍi
Kannada meaning : state of being crooked, bent, hooked, or tortuous
Kannada derivates : ḍoŋku to bend, be crooked; ḍoŋku, ḍoŋka state of being bent, curved, crooked; crookedness, a bend, a curve
Kodagu : koṭṭɨ katti
Kodagu meaning : billhook
Tulu : guḍke
Tulu meaning : a crooked man
Tulu derivates : ḍoŋkụ, ḍoŋku crookedness; crooked, curved, perverse; ḍoŋkelụ crookedness; (B-K) daŋgāvu to bend, incline
Number in DED : 2054
