Proto-South Dravidian : *pogg-/*pug-
Meaning : to enter
Tamil : puku (pukuv-, pukk-)
Tamil meaning : to reach, attain, enter, commence, go, ride, happen
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-; also pukuttu [pukutti-]) to cause to enter, insert; pukaṭṭu (pukaṭṭi-) to insert, introduce, infuse, instil; pukal entering, residence, help, refuge; pukali newcomer, settler; pukavu entering, mounting (as a vehicle); pukuṭi doorway, estuary; pukuti front door, occurrence, way, income; pukutu (pukuti-) to enter, happen; pukuru (-v-, -nt-) to enter; pukār mouth of a river; pukkil abode, place of refuge; pūr (-v-, -nt-) to enter; pūtu (pūti-) id.; pūvi (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to enter
Malayalam : pukuka (pukk-)
Malayalam meaning : to enter, begin
Malayalam derivates : pukukka to put into; pukkikka to make to enter or receive; pūkuka to enter, reach a time; pūkikka to make to enter
Kannada : pugu, pogu (pokk-), hugu, hogu (hokk-), ogu
Kannada meaning : to enter
Kannada derivates : pugil entering, door, arrival
Tulu : pogguni
Tulu meaning : to enter, penetrate
Tulu derivates : poggāvuni, pogpāvuni to cause to enter or penetrate, pierce
Notes : Interesting case of a voiced geminate in the auslaut of a verbal root, as witnessed by Tulu pogguni. This means that forms like Mal. pūk-uka and Tamil pukkil are secondary (the first one could be created as an i-stem as opposed to the t-stem of pukuka; the second one gets the u-vocalism by analogy with the puk-a- astem).
Number in DED : 4238
