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Proto-South Dravidian : *vedir-
Meaning : bamboo
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : vetir, vetiri, vetiram, vayir
Tamil meaning : bamboo
Tamil derivates : vēral small bamboo, spiny bamboo (?)
Kannada : bidir(u), bidru, bidaru
Kannada meaning : bamboo
Tulu : bedụrụ
Tulu meaning : bamboo
Proto-Nilgiri : *vedĭr
Notes : Tamil vayir is a strange dialectal form, maybe even the result of some obscure contamination.
Number in DED : 5485
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-notes,sdret-dednum,

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