Proto-South Dravidian : *pay-
Meaning : child
Tamil : payal, paiyal, paital, pacal
Tamil meaning : boy
Tamil derivates : paiyan_ boy, son; paical small boy, urchin; pacalai infancy, tenderness; (PN) payalai young one
Malayalam : paital, paśakan
Malayalam meaning : child
Malayalam derivates : paśuŋŋaḷ children
Kannada : pasuḷa, pasuḷe
Kannada meaning : child
Kannada derivates : pasuḷetana childhood; haykaḷu male or female children; hayda a boy; (K2) peyya calf
Kodagu : pajja
Kodagu meaning : Holeya girl
Tulu : pasi
Tulu meaning : boy, child
Tulu derivates : paiyya child; paiyyè, paiyerụ, paiyyerụ child, boy; Pariah's child
Miscellaneous : KOR (T, LSB 9.4) payalɨ child
Notes : Some of the forms in this root can only be traced back to *pas- (cf. Mal. paśakan and esp. Kan. pasuḷa, etc.). However, external data does not seem to indicate *-s- as the original variant in this case. We have to suppose a contamination with *pas- 'green, raw, young'.
Number in DED : 3939
