Proto-South Dravidian : *poẓud-
Meaning : sun; time
Tamil : poẓutu, pōẓtu, pōtu
Tamil meaning : time, opportunity, sun
Malayalam : poẓutu
Malayalam meaning : sun, day, auspicious time
Malayalam derivates : pōtu, pōḷ time; paẓutu moment, occasion
Kannada : poẓtu, portu, pottu, hottu
Kannada meaning : time, sun
Kannada derivates : pottar_ daytime; pottar_e, poẓtar_(e), poẓtaḍe daybreak, at daybreak
Kodagu : poḷɨdɨ, pōdɨ
Kodagu meaning : the cutting of paddy at the rice-harvest festival, the act of doing pūjā to the arms and shooting after the monsoon (i. e. an auspicious maŋgala ceremony)
Kodagu derivates : (N. and S. dialects) bodɨ heat of sun (or with 5517)
Tulu : portu, (B-K also) poḷtu
Tulu meaning : time, daylight, sun
Number in DED : 4559
