South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *čaṭ-

Meaning : expr. sound of wood

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : caṭa-caṭ-en_al

Tamil meaning : onom. expr. signifying the sound of falling trees, report of a gun, rattling of stones thrown

Tamil derivates : caṭa-caṭav-en_al onom. expr. signifying crash, peal of repeated sound; caṭa-puṭ-en_al, caṭār-en_al onom. expr. of crackling noise

Malayalam : caṭa-caṭa

Malayalam meaning : crash, peal, descriptive of battle noises

Kannada : caṭ

Kannada meaning : sound of wood when suddenly broken or that of an earthen pot when cracking on the fire, a term in imitation of the smacking noise of a whip or of the noise of a smart blow with a cane

Kannada derivates : caṭa-caṭa, caṭa-paṭa the snapping sound of corn in being parched; caṭal, caṭil imitation of the loud crack of a whip; caṭīrane, caṭuku, caṭaku with the noise of a smart blow with a cane or whip

Kodagu : caṭ

Kodagu meaning : noise of cracking fruit or nut

Tulu : caṭakka

Tulu meaning : a slapping or cracking sound

Tulu derivates : caṭacaṭa, caṭapaṭa noise produced as in slapping or cracking a whip; caṭīla a cracking sound; caṭụka a snapping sound

Proto-Nilgiri : *Saṭ-

Number in DED : 2296