Proto-South Dravidian : *tap-
Meaning : error, to err
Tamil : tappu (tappi-)
Tamil meaning : to err, mistake, blunder, fail, be useless, go wrong, be omitted, escape, be rescued, be lost; n. fault, error, mistake, misdemeanour, slip, failure, lie, falsehood, deception, escape, flight, slipping away
Tamil derivates : tapātu mistake; tappal fault, mistake, crime; tappar_ai lie, falsehood, deception, fault, wrong, irregularity, error (< Te. dabbar_a); tappi (-pp-, -tt-) to escape, get free; tappitam blunder, mistake, error, wrong; tavar_u (tavar_i-) to slip, trip, fail, miscarry, prove abortive, be unsuccessful, fail in duty, transgress, sin, stray, lose the way, err, mistake, blunder; n. mistake, error, blunder, failure, fault, delinquency
Malayalam : tappu
Malayalam meaning : blunder, error, mistake, being missing, something missing
Malayalam derivates : tappuka to escape; tappal mistake; tappikka to allow to escape
Kannada : tappu
Kannada meaning : to make a false step, trip, slip, deviate, commit an error, mistake or blunder, be missed, lost, fail to happen, disappear, be passed; n. tripping, slipping, erring, missing, a slip, error, mistake, blunder, an impropriety, fault, misdemeanour
Kannada derivates : tappal stumbling, erring, missing; tappuvike erring, etc., missing; tappisu to cause to miss, cause to pass by or not to fall into, let slip, leave undone, interrupt, do without, deviate, s werve, evade, elude, avoid, escape, run away; tappita fault; tabbarisu to slip, stumble
Kodagu : tapp- (tappi-)
Kodagu meaning : to escape
Kodagu derivates : tappɨ a mistake
Tulu : tappu
Tulu meaning : fault, mistake, offence, crime
Tulu derivates : tappuni to mistake, err, sin, miss, escape, slip, fail; tappāvuni to cause to err, evade, extricate; (B-K) tattụ, tatti missed, failed (participle of tappu)
Number in DED : 3071
