Proto-South Dravidian : *tō̆ḍ-
Meaning : to touch
Tamil : toṭu (toṭuv-, toṭṭ-)
Tamil meaning : to touch, come in contact with, be connected, united with or joined to, feel, handle, take hold of, use, have illicit intercourse (as with another's wife)
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to connect, join, bind, fasten, fix (as arrow on bow), enchain, tie, surround; toṭṭal touching, tying, binding; toṭṭu touching, concerning, in reference to; toṭakku (toṭakki-), tuṭakku (tuṭakki-) to catch hold of, tie; get entangled, obstructed; n. tying, binding, entanglement, bondage, connexion; tuṭaŋku shackles; toṭuppu continuity, fastening, linking, tie, chain, illicit connexion, paramour, concubine; toṭuvai that which is joined or appended, man and woman living in concubinage; toṭai fastening, tying, series, succession, joints of the body, surrounding wall; tīn-toṭai string of a lute, lute; toṭaiyal succession, fastening, tying, garland; toṭar (-v-, -nt-) to follow uninterruptedly, be linked, pursue, persist in with energy, tie, bind, attack; n. following, succession, chain, fetters, friendship, connexion; toṭarcci, toṭarpu, toṭarvu pursuit, connexion, touch, relationship, friendship, series, chain; toṭarntōr friends; toṭal, tuṭar chain; tuṭar (-v-, -nt-) to follow one after another; tōṭu collection, assemblage
Malayalam : toṭuka
Malayalam meaning : to touch, feel, handle, come into contact
Malayalam derivates : toṭal touching, being close, a chain; toṭuvikka to make to touch; toṭṭu concerning, about; toṭukka to bring into contact, put together, put the arrow on the bow; tuṭa connexion (as of an arrow with a bow); tuṭaruka to be linked, continue, pursue; tuṭar, tuṭal chain, string, woman's waistchain; tuṭarcca continuation, friendship; tuṭara unremittingly
Kannada : tuḍu/toḍu (toṭṭ-)
Kannada meaning : to join, put to or on, put (arrow) on (bow); n. putting on, etc.
Kannada derivates : tuḍuku, tuḍiku, tuḍuŋku to touch, touch with some force, grasp quickly, snatch; tuḍuku grasping quickly, etc.; tuḍukisu to cause to seize, etc.; toḍaku, toḍaŋku to get entangled, caught; entangle, involve; n. (also toḍagu, toḍaka) entangling, impediment, hindrance, perplexity; toḍakisu to cause to join, bring in contact, involve; toḍacu to put on (as arrows on the bow); toḍisu id., to cause to put to or on; tōḍu joining, putting (as arrow to the bow), pair, equal; tōṭi hand-to-hand conflict, fight; toḍar, toḍru, toṇḍar to be linked to, connected with or tied to, join, enter, meet, be bound, arrested, entangled, caught, wind oneself round; n. joining, connexion, a tie, chain, impediment; toḍarcu to tie, link, fasten, insert; toḍambe cluster, bundle, bunch; toḍarpu (K2) entanglement, connection, (PBh) impediment, obstacle
Kodagu : toḍ- (toḍuv-, toṭṭ-)
Kodagu meaning : to touch
Tulu : toṭṭuni, toṭṭoṇuni
Tulu meaning : to embrace, hug, hold fast
Tulu derivates : toḍarụ, toḍaru entanglement, obstacle; toḍụmbè a cluster of flowers
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) toṭṭu to carry a child
Notes : The variant *tōḍ- is also present in PSDR, so original vowel length is not excluded.
Number in DED : 3480
