South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *paṇ-

Meaning : to work

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : paṇ

Tamil meaning : service, work, business, employment, decoration

Tamil derivates : paṇi act, action, performance, work, service, decoration; paṇati workmanship, action, creation, ornament; paṇiti work, structure, ornament; paṇikkan_ master-builder, carpenter; paṇikkam, paṇikku accuracy of design, elaboration in a work; paṇinar servants; paṇpu action, deed; paṇṇu (paṇṇi-) to make, effect, produce, adorn; pan_n_u (pan_n_i-) to do anything with consideration and skill

Malayalam : paṇi

Malayalam meaning : work, labour, service, building, exertion

Malayalam derivates : paṇikkan workman, artificer; paṇiyuka to build; paṇiyan a caste of cultivators in hilly districts; game-trackers, living chiefly in Wynad; paṇṇuka, paṇṇikka vb. denoting coitus (obscene)

Kannada : paṇṇu

Kannada meaning : to make ready, prepare, equip, decorate

Kannada derivates : paṇṇika, paṇṇige, paṇṇuge arranging, making ready, equipping

Kodagu : paṇi

Kodagu meaning : work

Tulu : paṇipuni

Tulu meaning : to give a shape (e. g. to a vessel)

Proto-Nilgiri : *paṇ-

Number in DED : 3884