South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *Tol-ai

Meaning : trouble

Tamil : tollai

Tamil meaning : trouble, perplexity, difficulty, work

Malayalam : tolla

Malayalam meaning : trouble, vexation, danger

Number in DED : 3521

Proto-South Dravidian : *tŏḷ-ai

Meaning : division of jack-fruit

Kannada : toḷe

Kannada meaning : a separate piece or division, one of the divisions in orange, jack-fruit, cotton-pod, etc.

Proto-Nilgiri : *toḷ-ĭ

Number in DED : 2704

Proto-South Dravidian : *tomb-ai

Meaning : a k. of basket or tub

Tamil : tompai, tommai

Tamil meaning : grain bin, high wicker basket used as a receptacle for grain

Tamil derivates : (RS, p. 157, item 360) tōmpu a tub

Kannada : tombe

Kannada meaning : large high bamboo basket kept for storing grain

Number in DED : 3511

Proto-South Dravidian : *toṇ-

Meaning : to chatter

Tamil : toṇatoṇa (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to vex with ceaseless talk

Tamil derivates : toṇatoṇappu, ton_uton_uppu chattering, babbling; ton_uppu (ton_uppi-) to chatter, babble; ton_uppan_ vain talker; toḷatoḷa (-pp-, -tt-) to babble, rattle away

Kannada : toṇḍu

Kannada meaning : to chatter

Number in DED : 3494

Proto-South Dravidian : *toṇač- (?)

Meaning : a k. of fly or gadfly

Tamil : toṇasi

Tamil meaning : (STD) a fly on dogs

Kannada : toṇaci, toṇace, tonaci, tonace, tonase

Kannada meaning : a gadfly, a dog-fly, a horse fly

Number in DED : 3495

Proto-South Dravidian : *Tonḍ-

Meaning : beak, bill, nose

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : tuṇṭam

Tamil meaning : beak, bill, nose, elephant's trunk

Tamil derivates : toṇṭai, toṇṭalam elephant's trunk

Kannada : toṇḍalu, toṇḍlu, toṇḍla, suṇḍalu, suṇḍil, suṇḍila, soṇḍalu, soṇḍilu, soṇḍlu

Kannada meaning : elephant's trunk

Kannada derivates : (Coorg) duṇḍu face of a cow, beak

Kodagu : duṇḍɨ

Kodagu meaning : snout, face (insulting)

Tulu : suṇḍilụ, soṇḍilụ

Tulu meaning : elephant's proboscis

Proto-Nilgiri : *duṇḍ

Number in DED : 3311

Proto-South Dravidian : *Tonḍ-

Meaning : log, block of wood

Tamil : toṇṭu

Tamil meaning : block of wood suspended from the neck of an animal to prevent it passing through hedges

Malayalam : toṇṭu

Malayalam meaning : log of wood

Number in DED : 3496

Proto-South Dravidian : *Tonḍ-

Meaning : gap, passage

Tamil : toṇṭu

Tamil meaning : gap, narrow passage

Malayalam : toṇṭu

Malayalam meaning : passage between two mud-walls

Number in DED : 3497

Proto-South Dravidian : *tonḍ-

Meaning : creeper

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : toṇṭai

Tamil meaning : a common creeper of the hedges

Malayalam : toṇṭi

Malayalam meaning : Bryonia grandis

Kannada : toṇḍe, toṇḍi, doṇḍe, koṇḍe

Kannada meaning : the gourd Momordica monadelpha Roxb. or Bryonia grandis Lin.

Number in DED : 3499

Proto-South Dravidian : *tonḍ-

Meaning : chameleon

Kannada : toṇḍe, toṇṇe, ḍoṇṇe

Kannada meaning : chameleon

Number in DED : 3501

Proto-South Dravidian : *tond-

Meaning : large belly

Tamil : tonti

Tamil meaning : large belly, abdomen, fold or collop of fat, obesity

Tamil derivates : (CTD, STD) dondi big belly

Malayalam : tonti

Malayalam meaning : pot-belly

Tulu : tondè

Tulu meaning : big, distended

Tulu derivates : tondè bañji a big belly

Number in DED : 3507

Proto-South Dravidian : *tonḍ- (?)

Meaning : thief

Kannada : tuḍugu, tuḍi

Kannada meaning : theft

Kannada derivates : tuḍuga thief; (K2) toṇḍa thief

Number in DED : 3483

Proto-South Dravidian : *tonḍ-ai

Meaning : throat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : toṇṭai

Tamil meaning : throat, gullet, windpipe, larynx, voice, singing voice

Tamil derivates : (STD) doṇṭe throat

Malayalam : toṇṭa

Malayalam meaning : windpipe, throat, gullet

Kannada : dɔṇḍE (Gowda), dɔṇḍe (Bark.)

Kannada meaning : throat

Kodagu : toṇḍe

Kodagu meaning : throat

Tulu : doṇḍè

Tulu meaning : throat

Proto-Nilgiri : *toḍ

Notes : The initial d- in different forms has to be considered a dialectal voicening: neither Kota nor Kodagu show a voiced d-, and it is not confirmed by external data.

Number in DED : 3498

Proto-South Dravidian : *Tonḍ-ai

Meaning : thorny caper

Tamil : toṇṭai

Tamil meaning : thorny caper (Capparis horrida)

Tamil derivates : ātoṇṭai id.; Ceylon caper, Capparis zeylanica

Number in DED : 3500

Proto-South Dravidian : *tondar-

Meaning : trouble; embarrassment

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : tontaravu, tontarai

Tamil meaning : trouble, vexation, difficulty

Tamil derivates : tontari (-pp-, -tt-) to trouble, vex, annoy

Malayalam : tontaram

Malayalam meaning : intricacy, vexation

Kannada : tondare, tondaru, tondre

Kannada meaning : intricacy, embarrassment, entanglement, difficulty, trouble, vexation, molestation, impediment, drawback

Kodagu : tondare

Kodagu meaning : (Shanmugam) trouble

Tulu : tondarè

Tulu meaning : entanglement, confusion, perplexity, annoyance, trouble, vexation, misfortune, distress

Proto-Nilgiri : *tond-

Number in DED : 3506

Proto-South Dravidian : *Toŋ-

Meaning : thief

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : toŋkan_

Tamil meaning : robber, thief

Tamil derivates : fem. toŋki

Malayalam : toŋŋan

Malayalam meaning : impudent, a rogue, worthless

Number in DED : 2982

Proto-South Dravidian : *toŋ-

Meaning : to hang, be suspended

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : toŋku (toŋki-)

Tamil meaning : to hang, be suspended, hang down, dangle, be dependent, servile

Tamil derivates : toŋkal hanging, anything pendent, hangings, pendent part of an ornament, ear-ornament, end of a garment hanging down, decorative hangings as of cloth, festoons, garland, peacock's tail

Malayalam : toŋkuka

Malayalam meaning : to hang, be pendent, depend on

Malayalam derivates : toŋŋal hangings, drapery, tassel

Kannada : toŋgu

Kannada meaning : to hang, be pendent, hang down, swing, stoop

Kannada derivates : toŋgal, toŋge a cluster, bundle, bunch, tassel, tuft, mass; toŋku to stoop

Tulu : toŋgè, toŋgelụ

Tulu meaning : cluster of blossoms, bunch of fruit

Proto-Nilgiri : *toŋ-

Number in DED : 3478

Proto-South Dravidian : *topan-

Meaning : much

Malayalam : toppan

Malayalam meaning : much, plenty

Malayalam derivates : (?) tōna much, greatly

Kannada : toppane

Kannada meaning : greatly, much, thoroughly

Kannada derivates : (?) (HavS.) tōlu much, plenty

Miscellaneous : KOR (T) tappena much

Number in DED : 3509

Proto-South Dravidian : *tor_-

Meaning : hole

Kannada : tor_alu, tor_aḷe

Kannada meaning : hole

Kannada derivates : tor_e, ḍor_e hollow, hole

Notes : Kannada ḍor_e contaminated with ḍogar_u 'hollow, etc.'.

Number in DED : 3533

Proto-South Dravidian : *tor_-

Meaning : cow, herd of cows

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : tor_u, tor_uvu

Tamil meaning : herd of cows, cattle-stall, shepherd caste, crowd, multitude, host

Tamil derivates : tor_uvan_ shepherd; fem. tor_uvi, tor_utti

Kannada : tur_u

Kannada meaning : cow, kine

Kannada derivates : tor_u, tur_upu, turuhu = tur_u (Gai, index); tur_ukār_a cowherd, owner of cows; tur_uvaḷa, tur_uvāḷa cowherd; fem. tur_uvaḷti

Notes : Irregular -u- in Kannada.

Number in DED : 3534