Proto-South Dravidian : *pol-
Meaning : mean, bad; pollution
Tamil : pul
Tamil meaning : meanness, baseness
Tamil derivates : pulai baseness, defilement, vice, lie, adultery, outcaste; pulaiyan_ low-caste person; fem. pulaicci, pulaitti; pulaimai baseness; pun_mai meanness, vileness, uncleanness; pullan_ vile, base person; pulliyār low, base persons; pollā bad, vicious, evil, severe, intense; pollāŋku, pollāppu evil, vice, defect, deficiency, ruin; pollā̆tu vice, evil; pollāmai evil, fault; pollān_ wicked man; polam badness, evil
Malayalam : pula
Malayalam meaning : taint, pollution, defilement (esp. by birth or death)
Malayalam derivates : pulayan an outcaste; (Shanmugam) pulacci a low-caste woman; pollā to be bad, evil; pollāta bad; pollāppu mischief
Kannada : pol, polla
Kannada meaning : meanness, badness, noxiousness
Kannada derivates : pole menstrual flow, impurity from childbirth; defilement, meanness, sin; poleya low-caste man; fem. polati; polasu impurity
Kodagu : pole
Kodagu meaning : pollution caused by menstruation, birth, or death
Kodagu derivates : poleyë low-caste man; fem. polati
Tulu : polè
Tulu meaning : pollution, defilement
Tulu derivates : polasụ dirty, unclean; pilè impurity from birth or menstruation, humility
Notes : The Tamil form pul is apparently secondary (developed by analogy with pulai, etc.).
Number in DED : 4547
