Proto-South Dravidian : *pok-
Meaning : blister, bubble
Tamil : pokuṭṭu
Tamil meaning : bubble
Tamil derivates : pokku (pokki-), po (-pp-, -tt-) to be blistered; pokkuḷam a boil, bubble, blister; pokkuḷi (-pp-, -tt-) to rise in blisters
Malayalam : pokkuḷa, pokkiḷa
Malayalam meaning : blister, vesicle, bubble
Malayalam derivates : pokkuḷikka to bubble; pokiṭu, pōḷa bubble
Kannada : puguḷ, bokke, bobbe
Kannada meaning : blister
Kannada derivates : hokku a boil; hoppaḷa blister occasioned by a burn; hoppaḷisu to blister
Kodagu : pokkaḷa
Kodagu meaning : a blister
Tulu : pokkè
Tulu meaning : a blister, pustule; a sore, ulcer
Tulu derivates : bokki, bokkè an itch, pustule, pimple; poŋkụ a kind of boil or sore
Notes : The derivative with the suffix *-uḷ-/*-iḷ- has different prosodic characteristics: it's *pók-Vḷ- in Tamil, Malayalam and Kodagu, but *pog-V́ḷ- in PN and Kannada. Tulu b- is obviously secondary.
Number in DED : 4455
