Proto-South Dravidian : *tir-nd-
Meaning : straight, correct
Tamil : tiruntu (tirunti-)
Tamil meaning : to be correct, perfect, be amended, improved, reformed as a person, be repaired, renovated, be improved
Tamil derivates : tiruttu (tirutti-) to correct, rectify, reform, mend, repair, refit, improve, arrange properly, prepare land for cultivation, etc.; tiruttam correction, repair, improvement, amendment, orderliness, regularity, exactness; tiruttal correctness as of writing; tittu (titti-) to correct, rectify a mistake
Malayalam : tiruttuka
Malayalam meaning : to mend, correct
Malayalam derivates : tiruttam correctness in judgement and speech; tiruttu correction
Kannada : tirdu, tiddu
Kannada meaning : to make straight or right, correct, rectify mistakes, mend, improve, train, break in; n. making straight, etc.
Kannada derivates : tiddike, tidduvike correction
Kodagu : tidd- (tiddi-)
Kodagu meaning : to clean (a drain), twist and clean (moustaches), settle details of (a ceremony)
Tulu : tirduni, śirduni, tidduni
Tulu meaning : to correct, mend, reform, rectify, alter
Tulu derivates : tiddāvuni to get corrected; tiddigè correction
Number in DED : 3251
