South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *koẓ-

Meaning : young, tender; twig, sapling

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : koẓuntu

Tamil meaning : tender twig, tendril, tender leaf, shoot, anything young, tenderness

Tamil derivates : koẓumai freshness (as of shoots), beauty; koẓuntan_ husband, husband's younger brother; koẓunti wife's sister, brother's wife; koẓunan_ husband; kuẓa young, tender; kuẓakan_ youth, beautiful person, Skanda; kuẓaku youthfulness, beauty, infant; kuẓantai infant, childhood; kuẓavi infant, young of certain animals, young of the vegetable kingdom; kuẓavu tender age, juvenility; kuẓai (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to sprout or shoot forth; n. tender leaf, sprout, shoot

Malayalam : koẓunnu, koẓuntu

Malayalam meaning : tender twig, young shoot, new-grown hair

Kannada : koḍa

Kannada meaning : tenderness, tender age, youth

Kannada derivates : koṇasu young one of wild beasts

Tulu : korè

Tulu meaning : weak, small

Proto-Nilgiri : *konc (?)

Miscellaneous : KOR (O, T) korayi, (M) kori husband; (O, M, T) korti wife

Number in DED : 2149