Proto-South Dravidian : *tunḍ-
Meaning : piece; to cut
Tamil : tuṇṭam
Tamil meaning : piece, fragment, bit, slice, small piece of cloth, section, division, compartment, small plot of field, piece of fish-meat
Tamil derivates : tuṇṭi (-pp-, -tt-) to cut, sever, tear up, divide, separate, cut short one's words, speak in few words, dispute, disprove, rebuke; be cut off, detached, broken; n. detached piece of high land left waste; tuṇṭu piece, bit, fragment, slice, section, division, strip, chit, ticket, small piece of cloth, towel
Malayalam : tuṇṭam
Malayalam meaning : piece, bit, slice
Malayalam derivates : tuṇṭikka to cut to pieces, cut off as the throat
Kannada : tuṇḍisu
Kannada meaning : to cut or break into pieces, make piecemeal
Kannada derivates : tuṇḍu fragment, piece, bit, a little
Kodagu : tuṇḍ- (tuṇḍi-)
Kodagu meaning : to break (intr.; thread, rope, flower-stem, tip)
Kodagu derivates : tuṇḍɨ piece
Tulu : tuṇḍu, suṇḍu
Tulu meaning : piece, slice
Number in DED : 3310
