Proto-South Dravidian : *pir-i-
Meaning : to separate
Tamil : piri (-v-, -nt-; also pir_i)
Tamil meaning : to become disjoined or parted, unfastened, be untwisted, be ripped or loosened (as a seam or texture), disagree (as persons); part (tr.), separate, diverge, quit, depart
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to separate (tr.), disunite, sever, divide, untwist, untie, disentangle, solve (as a riddle), dismantle (as the thatch of a roof), distribute; pirical division, partition, threadbare or tattered condition; pirippu separation, division, estrangement; piripu, pirivu separation, severance, division, disunion, disagreement, loosening, secession, gap
Malayalam : pirikka
Malayalam meaning : to sever, dismiss, divorce
Malayalam derivates : piriccal separation, dismissal; piriyuka to become disjoined, separate, part with
Kannada : hiri
Kannada meaning : to separate into portions, break up, pull to pieces, demolish, pull out of, unsheathe, take (pearl) from a (string); be broken up or demolished, fall from (a bundle, a string)
Kannada derivates : higgu to separate (intr.), be disconnected; higgisu to separate, disjoin; higgalisu to separate or disjoin (as the legs), open wide (as an eye with the fingers, the mouth of a bag)
Kodagu : piri- (piriv-, piriñj-)
Kodagu meaning : (assembly) disperses, (person) returns to own place
Kodagu derivates : (pirip-, piric-) to turn (cattle) in a different direction, spread (leaves, blanket); pirɨp- (pirɨpi-) to turn (cattle) in a different direction; send away, cause to disperse; (Shanmugam) piriv dispersing
Tulu : piripu, (B-K also) biripu
Tulu meaning : abatement, cessation
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) pirpi to make the spirit leave a person
Number in DED : 4176
