Proto-South Dravidian : *pol-, *pUl-amb-
Meaning : to lament
Tamil : pulampu (pulampi-)
Tamil meaning : to sound, speak foolishly or incoherently, wail, cry out, grieve, utter repeatedly; n. sound, foolish talk, lament, grief
Tamil derivates : pulampal sound, chattering, weeping, grieving; pulappam chattering, raving, lamentation; pulāvu (pulāvi-) to make noise
Malayalam : pulampuka
Malayalam meaning : to sound, bemoan, lament, speak hastily
Malayalam derivates : pulampal lamentation
Kannada : palumbu, halubu
Kannada meaning : to lament
Kodagu : poli- (-v-, -ñj-)
Kodagu meaning : to bark repeatedly (song-word)
Tulu : palambuni
Tulu meaning : to lament
Tulu derivates : pollè slander, tale-bearing
Notes : Metathese in Kannada; the form might be a borrowing from Telugu, where it, in turn, was contaminated with paluku, etc., 'to prattle'.
Number in DED : 4304
