Proto-South Dravidian : *poḷ-
Meaning : to chisel; hole
Tamil : poḷi (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to chisel, split (as a stone), dig, make holes, open (as a blister); be perforated, punctured, become dented
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to bore, perforate, tear into strips (as fibre); n. holes made with a chisel, depression made by digging; poḷivu chiselling, hewing, picking (as a millstone); poḷḷu (poḷḷi-) to bore, make a hole, hew, chisel; be rent or torn; poḷḷal boring a hole, chiselling, hole, rent, fissure, hollow in a tree; poḷ, poḷḷai hole
Malayalam : poḷi
Malayalam meaning : split, chip, what is torn (as a palm-leaf)
Malayalam derivates : poḷiyuka coverings or roof to break, skin to be peeled off; poḷikka to break open, unroof, undo; poḷḷa tube, pipe, perforated, empty, bamboo; puḷakka to be split, open the mouth; puḷappu piece, split; puḷaruka to split
Kannada : poḷḷu
Kannada meaning : hole in a tree, hollow in the soil
Kodagu : poḷi- (poḷiv-, poḷiñj-)
Kodagu meaning : to break (of a stick-like thing, tree; intr.)
Kodagu derivates : (poḷip-, poḷic-) id. (tr.); poḷa- (poḷap-, poḷand-) to open the mouth
Tulu : poliyuni
Tulu meaning : to be broken
Tulu derivates : polipuni to break; (B-K) pori, poḷi id.
Number in DED : 4560
