Notes :The derivative with the suffix *-uḷ-/*-iḷ- has different prosodic characteristics: it's *pók-Vḷ- in Tamil, Malayalam and Kodagu, but *pog-V́ḷ- in PN and Kannada. Tulu b- is obviously secondary.
Tamil meaning :to flourish, prosper, abound, increase, live long and prosperously; n. interest paid in kind
Tamil derivates :policai gain, profit, interest (esp. in kind); palicai profit, interest; polivu prosperity, abundance; pular (-v-, -nt-) to mature (as grain)
Malayalam :poliyuka
Malayalam meaning :to be accumulated
Malayalam derivates :polikka to measure corn-heaps, paying the reapers in kind; give clothes at a marriage; poli, policcal, polippu increase; polivu accumulation, contribution; polima increase, excellence; poliśa, polu interest on paddy; paliśa interest on money; pularuka to subsist, live; pular subsistence; pularcca living, livelihood; pularttuka to sustain, enable to live
Kannada :hulisu
Kannada meaning :to increase in bulk, thrive, grow rich
Kannada derivates :hulusu increase, richness
Kodagu :poli- (poliv-, poliñj-)
Kodagu meaning :to increase (intr.; crop, cattle)
Kodagu derivates :(polip-, polic-) (god) increases (crop, cattle); n. interest paid in kind (esp. on paddy); pola- (polav-, poland-) to live happily; polat- (polati-) to make to live happily
Tulu :poli
Tulu meaning :interest in kind, increase, abundance
Tulu derivates :pollusu, polsu interest, gain, luck; pullelụ abundance, increase
Number in DED :4550
Proto-South Dravidian :*pol-
Meaning :to shine; to excel
Tamil :poli (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning :to bloom (as the countenance), shine
Tamil derivates :polivu brightness of countenance, beauty, splendour, gold; polam, polan_ gold, beauty, jewel
Kannada :pol
Kannada meaning :to be fit or proper, excel
Number in DED :4551
Proto-South Dravidian :*pol-
Meaning :to stitch, sew
Tamil :pollam
Tamil meaning :stitching, joining (as in tailoring or in carpentry)
Tamil derivates :pollar tailors, leather-workers, shoemakers
Malayalam :polluka
Malayalam meaning :to sew, mend (mats, baskets)
Malayalam derivates :pollikka to have (mats, etc.) mended
Tamil meaning :to chisel, split (as a stone), dig, make holes, open (as a blister); be perforated, punctured, become dented
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to bore, perforate, tear into strips (as fibre); n. holes made with a chisel, depression made by digging; poḷivu chiselling, hewing, picking (as a millstone); poḷḷu (poḷḷi-) to bore, make a hole, hew, chisel; be rent or torn; poḷḷal boring a hole, chiselling, hole, rent, fissure, hollow in a tree; poḷ, poḷḷai hole
Malayalam :poḷi
Malayalam meaning :split, chip, what is torn (as a palm-leaf)
Malayalam derivates :poḷiyuka coverings or roof to break, skin to be peeled off; poḷikka to break open, unroof, undo; poḷḷa tube, pipe, perforated, empty, bamboo; puḷakka to be split, open the mouth; puḷappu piece, split; puḷaruka to split
Kannada :poḷḷu
Kannada meaning :hole in a tree, hollow in the soil
Kodagu :poḷi- (poḷiv-, poḷiñj-)
Kodagu meaning :to break (of a stick-like thing, tree; intr.)
Kodagu derivates :(poḷip-, poḷic-) id. (tr.); poḷa- (poḷap-, poḷand-) to open the mouth
Tulu :poliyuni
Tulu meaning :to be broken
Tulu derivates :polipuni to break; (B-K) pori, poḷi id.
Malayalam derivates :poḷḷu kāyi abortive fruit or grain; poḷḷu a lie; poḷḷan liar; (Tiyya) poḷi falsehood, lie
Kannada :poḷḷu, hoḷḷu
Kannada meaning :hollowness, emptiness, unsubstantialness, trash
Kannada derivates :poḷḷu-mātu an empty, vain word
Kodagu :poḷḷenellɨ
Kodagu meaning :paddy ear with no grain inside
Kodagu derivates :poḷḷɨ empty (of a seed-pod), light in weight (of bad money)
Tulu :poḷḷu, pollu, poḷḷa
Tulu meaning :devoid of pulp or kernel (as a fruit), empty, timid, spiritless
Notes :Tamil pollu borrowed from Telugu.
Number in DED :4562
Proto-South Dravidian :*Poḷ-
Meaning :to swell; blister, bubble
Tamil :poḷḷu (poḷḷi-)
Tamil meaning :to blister, swell
Tamil derivates :poḷḷal blister, swelling
Malayalam :poḷḷu
Malayalam meaning :bubble
Malayalam derivates :poḷḷuka to rise in bubbles or blisters; poḷḷal blistering, pustule; poḷḷikka to blister; poḷḷa blister, bubble; poḷukuka to blister; poḷukam blister, watery eruption
Tamil meaning :gold, metal, iron, wealth, ornament, beauty; pudendum muliebre
Tamil derivates :pon_n_an_ one who has gold, one precious like gold; pon_n_avan_ one precious like gold; pon_mai colour of gold; por_pa beautifully, elegantly; por_pu beauty, decoration, abundance; por_pi (-pp-, -tt-) to beautify, adorn; por_r_a golden, excellent
Tamil meaning :to boil up, bubble up by heat, foam and rage (as the sea), increase, swell (as with joy), shoot up, be elated, burst in anger, be swollen (as a boil or sore), rise, grow high, abound, flourish, be fruitful, cook (tr.); n. prosperity, fortune
Tamil derivates :poŋkal boiling, bubbling, swelling, violent anger, abundance, splendour, boiled rice seasoned with salt, pepper, cumin seeds and ghee; n. pr. of a festival; height, largeness, fulness, abundance, profusion; poŋkam increase, abundance, joy, splendour; pokkam abundance, eminence, splendour
Kannada meaning :to boil over, burst open, expand, open, blossom, swell, be elated, exult, be overjoyed; n. boiling over, expanding, etc.
Kannada derivates :poŋgisu to cause to expand, etc.; poŋga man of ebullition or of exalted courage; poŋgalu, poŋgil rice boiled with pulse, salted, or sweetened with sugar; (PBh.) poŋgam pride; (Hav.) pokku to pop up, swell; pogasu expansion; buguṭi, buguḍu swelling, protuberance
