Proto-South Dravidian : *pēḍ-
Meaning : fear; impotence; hermaphrodite
Tamil : pēṭi
Tamil meaning : hermaphrodite; impotence, fear
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to be afraid; pēṭan_ hermaphrodite with male characteristics predominating; pēṭu hermaphrodite; female sex, female of birds and of certain quadrupeds; pēṭai female of birds, hen
Malayalam : pēṭi
Malayalam meaning : fear, cowardice
Malayalam derivates : pēṭikka to be afraid, to shy (a horse), fear; pēṭa female of a deer, turtle; a pea-hen, etc.
Kannada : hēḍi, ēḍi, (PBh.) pēḍi
Kannada meaning : coward; effeminate man, hermaphrodite
Kannada derivates : hēṭe, hēṇṭe, hyāṭe hen; bēḍa timid man; pōṭa coward
Kodagu : pōḍi
Kodagu meaning : fear
Kodagu derivates : pōḍe kōḷi hen
Tulu : hēḍi, hēḍe, ēḍi
Tulu meaning : coward; timid
Tulu derivates : pōḍiyuni to be afraid; pōḍiyāvuni, pōḍipāvuni to frighten, threaten, terrify; pōḍigè fear, fright
Notes : Kannada hēṭe, hēṇṭe, etc., contaminated with *peṇ-, *peṭ- 'female'.
Number in DED : 4434
