South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pū-

Meaning : lac tree

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pū, pūvu, pūvam, pūvatti

Tamil meaning : lac tree, Schleichera trijuga

Tamil derivates : pūvam longan, Nephelium longana

Malayalam : pūvam

Malayalam meaning : a fine timber tree, (Lush.) Schleichera trijuga

Malayalam derivates : (Lush.) mala-pūvana, cem-pūvana Nephelium longana; ? pūvattam a tree that yields a red dye, Rubia munjista

Number in DED : 4348

Proto-South Dravidian : *pū-

Meaning : a k. of plantain

Tamil : pūvan_

Tamil meaning : red banana; a kind of plantain

Malayalam : pūvan

Malayalam meaning : a good plantain sort

Tulu : pūbārè

Tulu meaning : a kind of plantain

Number in DED : 4372

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūc-

Meaning : to smear

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pūcu (pūci-)

Tamil meaning : to besmear, anoint, rub, daub on, plaster, scrub the floor with cowdung dissolved in water, clean, wash; n. daubing, smearing

Tamil derivates : pūccu daubing, smearing, coating, gilding, plastering

Malayalam : pūcuka, pūśuka

Malayalam meaning : to smear, daub, rub, whitewash, plaster, gild

Malayalam derivates : pūcal, pūccu smearing, daub, coating

Kannada : pūsu

Kannada meaning : to smear, daub, apply, anoint, plaster; n. act of smearing, etc.; oil for smearing on the body

Kannada derivates : pūsuvike smearing, etc.

Tulu : pūjuni

Tulu meaning : to smear, rub, daub, apply

Number in DED : 4352

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūc- (?)

Meaning : yellow

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūc

Number in DED : 4356

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūč-i

Meaning : worm, insect

Tamil : pūcci

Tamil meaning : insect, beetle, worm

Malayalam : pūcci

Malayalam meaning : any insect

Kannada : pūci, būci

Kannada meaning : worm, insect

Number in DED : 4353

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūjal-

Meaning : clamour; battle

Tamil : pūcal

Tamil meaning : clamour, battle, wailing, lamentation, distress

Malayalam : pūyal

Malayalam meaning : fight

Kannada : puyyal

Kannada meaning : vociferation, lamentation

Kannada derivates : puyalcu, puyyalcu to call or cry out, vociferate, lament

Number in DED : 4351

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūk-

Meaning : female organ

Kannada : pukaḷi, pukuḷi, pukku, mukaḷi, mukuḷi, mukḷi

Kannada meaning : female organ of generation, anus

Kannada derivates : pūku female organ of generation

Tulu : pukuḷi

Tulu meaning : anus

Number in DED : 4236

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūl-

Meaning : feather-foil

Tamil : pūl, pūlā, pūlācam, pūlāñci

Tamil meaning : black-berried feather-foil, Phyllanthus reticulatus

Kannada : hūli

Kannada meaning : (Kitt.) a straggling shrub, (Lush.) Phyllanthus reticulatus

Number in DED : 4369

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūḷ-

Meaning : chip, slice

Malayalam : pūḷ

Malayalam meaning : chip, slice, wedge

Malayalam derivates : pūḷuka to wedge asunder, chip, take the eatable part out of a stone fruit, extract a mango or coconut with a knife, slice

Kannada : hṓ

Kannada meaning : (Badaga) one part or piece (Emeneau, Language 15.46)

Tulu : pūḷu

Tulu meaning : chip, small piece of anything, piece of betel-nut

Proto-Nilgiri : *pīḷ

Number in DED : 4377

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pūḷ-ai

Meaning : silk-cotton

Tamil : pūḷai

Tamil meaning : red silk-cotton

Tamil derivates : pūlā red silk-cotton tree

Malayalam : pūḷa

Malayalam meaning : silk-cotton tree, Bombax malabaricum

Number in DED : 4378

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūṇ- (caus. *pūṭ-)

Meaning : to wear; to yoke

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pūṇ (pūṇp-, pūṇṭ-)

Tamil meaning : to put on, wear, be fettered or yoked with, undertake (as a business); become entangled (as a lock of hair), be caught (as birds in a snare), be yoked, become inseparable; n. ornament

Tamil derivates : pūṇu-nūl, pūṇūl sacred thread; pūṭci wearing, ornament, union, belief, determination; pūṭkai belief, determination; pūṇṭān_ husband; pūṇi bull, bullock; pūṇi (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to appear, bring into existence; make a vow; pūṇippu vow, decision, resolve; pūṭṭu (pūṭṭi-) to lock, hook, unite, yoke, fetter, put on (as jewels, garlands), entrap; n. locking, harnessing, etc.; pūṭṭai cord for fastening a bullock to its yoke

Malayalam : pūṇuka

Malayalam meaning : to be closed, be yoked, embrace, put on (as cloth, ornaments)

Malayalam derivates : pūṇpu girdle, ornament; pūṇunūl, pūṇūl sacred thread; pūṭṭuka to lock, yoke, bend the bow, embrace; pūṭṭu closure, lock, yoking

Kannada : pūṇ (pūṇd-)

Kannada meaning : to fix (as an arrow), begin; admit, assent, consent, promise, vow, challenge, bring forward or introduce; n. admission

Kannada derivates : pūṇke admission, promise, vow; hūṇi a vow; pūḍu to join (tr.), tie to, yoke, fix (as an arrow), prepare, arrange, bring about, create, begin; n. established state; pūṇipu to intend, aim at; pūn to attempt; puṇumbu arrow

Tulu : hūṇe

Tulu meaning : a vow, promise

Tulu derivates : puṇepini, puṇepuni, puṇevuni to persevere till one has avenged himself, contest to the last, compete, vie; puṇevu resoluteness

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūṇ-

Number in DED : 4361

Proto-South Dravidian : *pū(n)č-

Meaning : cat

Tamil : pūccai, pūcai, pūñai, pūn_ai

Tamil meaning : cat

Malayalam : pūcca

Malayalam meaning : cat

Kodagu : pūñe

Kodagu meaning : cat

Tulu : pūcè, puccè

Tulu meaning : cat

Proto-Nilgiri : *pīS

Notes : Expressive.

Number in DED : 4355

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūnḍ-

Meaning : bush, thicket

Tamil : pūṭu, pūṇṭu

Tamil meaning : small plant, herb

Tamil derivates : pūṇṭi shrubbery, garden

Tulu : purṇḍè

Tulu meaning : a thorny bush

Tulu derivates : puṇḍè bush, thicket; pūṇḍelụ a thicket, clump, as of bamboos

Notes : If the root is indeed *pur-nḍ-, Tulu pur-ṇḍè may be viewed as an archaic form.

Number in DED : 4360

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūnḍ-i

Meaning : town, hamlet

Tamil : pūṇṭi

Tamil meaning : town, village, district

Kannada : huṇḍi

Kannada meaning : hamlet

Kannada derivates : hūḍe village fort

Number in DED : 4362

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūnǯ-

Meaning : cock

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : (?) pūvan

Malayalam meaning : cock; male of plants

Kannada : puñja, puñju

Kannada meaning : cock

Tulu : pūñje

Tulu meaning : cock

Proto-Nilgiri : *būǯ-

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) hūnji cock

Notes : Malayalam pūvan probably does not belong here (rather to *pū- 'flower').

Number in DED : 4373

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pūr-i

Meaning : a wind instrument

Tamil : pūri

Tamil meaning : a wind instrument

Tamil derivates : pūrikai trumpet

Malayalam : pūrika

Malayalam meaning : trumpet

Number in DED : 4368

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūr_-

Meaning : anus; female privates

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pūr_u, pīr_u

Tamil meaning : anus

Malayalam : pūr_am, pūr_u

Malayalam meaning : buttocks; membrum muliebre

Kodagu : pūrɨ

Kodagu meaning : female privates

Tulu : pūṭi

Tulu meaning : female privates

Notes : Tamil pīr_u due to contamination with pir_r_i 'behind'.

Number in DED : 4379

Proto-South Dravidian : *pū[s]-

Meaning : to fart

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : pūcci

Malayalam meaning : a fart

Kannada : pūsu

Kannada meaning : to break wind

Tulu : pūpuni

Tulu meaning : to break wind

Tulu derivates : pūki a fart; (B-K) ūsu id.

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) pūmpu to fart

Number in DED : 4354

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pū(v)-

Meaning : soap-nut

Tamil : pūvam

Tamil meaning : trijugate-leaved soap-nut, Sapindus trifoliatus

Tamil derivates : pūvanti id.; four-leaved soap-nut, Hemigyrosa canescens

Malayalam : pūvanti

Malayalam meaning : Sapindus laurifolius

Number in DED : 4370

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūv-ai

Meaning : puppet; woman

Tamil : pūvai

Tamil meaning : lady, woman

Kannada : hūhe

Kannada meaning : child; puppet

Proto-Nilgiri : *pup-

Number in DED : 4365