Proto-South Dravidian : *tal-ai
Meaning : head
Tamil : talai
Tamil meaning : head, top, end, tip, hair
Tamil derivates : talaippu beginning, ending, end or edge of cloth; talaimai leadership, pre-eminence; talaivan__ chief, headman, lord; fem. talaivi
Malayalam : tala
Malayalam meaning : head, top, point, extremity
Malayalam derivates : talakkam, talappu top of tree; talāṭi, talāṭu top of tree, point, tip
Kannada : tale, tala
Kannada meaning : head, being uppermost or principal
Kodagu : tale
Kodagu meaning : end
Kodagu derivates : ? talami hair of head or body; talami kaḷe a single hair (kaḷe a weed)
Tulu : tarè
Tulu meaning : head, top, hair of head
Number in DED : 3103
