Proto-South Dravidian : *tōnḍ-
Meaning : to dig, draw water
Tamil : tōṇṭu (tōṇṭi-)
Tamil meaning : to dig, hollow, excavate, scoop out, bore, draw or fetch water from a well, draw out details of, unload (as a ship)
Tamil derivates : tōṇṭi pot of earth or metal used for drawing water; tōṭṭam garden, orchard, plantation; tōṭṭakkāran_ gardener, husbandman, owner of plantation; toṭu (toṭuv-, toṭṭ-) to dig, scoop out, excavate, pierce through; n. field, garden; tuṭavai garden, cultivated field
Malayalam : tōṇṭuka
Malayalam meaning : to burrow, scoop out, remove (ear-wax), clean out (a well), dig
Malayalam derivates : tōṇṭi small earthen vessel for drawing water; tōṭṭam garden; tōṭṭakkāran gardener; toṭi garden
Kannada : tōḍu
Kannada meaning : to take water out of a large vessel with a small one, bail out water, put rice from one vessel into another one or another place, wind thread from one spool upon another one, remove as ear-wax, etc., dig, excavate a hole, burrow, bury (as an arrow in a victim), penetrate (as the breast)
Kannada derivates : tōṭa, tōṇṭa garden; tōṭagār_a, tōṭiga, tōṇṭiga gardener
Kodagu : tōḍ- (tōḍi-)
Kodagu meaning : to dig (a well)
Kodagu derivates : tōṭa garden
Tulu : tōḍuni
Tulu meaning : to dig, burrow, mine
Tulu derivates : tōḍaŋgelụ scooped, burrowed; tuḍa bored, scooped out; tōṭa garden, orchard, plantation; tōṭige a class of brahmans working in plantations
Notes : The derivative *tōṭ- 'garden' has to be reconstructed for the PSDR level.
Number in DED : 3549
