Proto-South Dravidian : *vēnḍ-
Meaning : to want; required; to beg
Tamil : vēṇṭu (vēṇṭi-)
Tamil meaning : to want, desire, beg, entreat, request; be indispensable, necessary
Tamil derivates : vēṇṭum, vēṇum it will be required, necessary, indispensable, must; vēṇṭām it will not be required, necessary, indispensable, must not; vēṇ desire; vēṇṭal desiring, petition; vēṇṭāmai aversion, dislike, absence of desire, contentment; vēṇṭār those who have no desires; enemies; vēṇṭi for the sake of; vēṇṭiya indispensable, required, sufficient, many; vēṇṭiyavan_ friend, well-wisher; vēṇṭunar those who wish for or desire a thing
Malayalam : vēṇam, vēṇṭum
Malayalam meaning : it must, ought, is desired
Malayalam derivates : vēṇ necessary; vēṇṭa useful, required; vēṇṭu must; vēṇṭa must not, need not; vēṇṭuka being necessary, friendship; vēṇṭikka to make necessary, procure, acquire
Kannada : bēṭa, bēṇṭa
Kannada meaning : longings, sexual passion, amorous pastime
Kodagu : bōṇḍu
Kodagu meaning : it is wanted
Kodagu derivates : bōṇḍa it is not wanted
Tulu : bōḍu
Tulu meaning : to want, wish, desire, be necessary, must
Tulu derivates : boḍji must not, should not, do not
Notes : The Kannada forms look like borrowings from a Tamil dialect. The root itself is horribly contaminated with *vēṛ- 'to desire, lust for'.
Number in DED : 5528
