Proto-South Dravidian : *Tip-ai
Tamil : tippai
Tamil meaning : mound, elevated ground; that which is bulky
Kannada : tippe
Kannada meaning : heap, hillock, dunghill
Kannada derivates : dibba, dibbu eminence, hillock; tevar(u), tevari rising ground, hillock
Tulu : tippè
Tulu meaning : heap, pile, hill
Tulu derivates : tuppè stack, heap of corn or rice
Notes : Either two roots or borrowings from Tamil in Ka. and Tu.
Number in DED : 3229
sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-tulder,sdret-kt,sdret-notes,sdret-dednum,