South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *sunḍ-

Meaning : to evaporate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cuṇṭu (cuṇṭi-)

Tamil meaning : to dry up, be evaporated by heat; boil (tr.), stew, simmer; n. sediment, that which adheres to a pot when boiling

Kannada : suṇḍu

Kannada meaning : to evaporate

Kannada derivates : suṇḍisu to make evaporate, reduce in boiling

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sund_-

Number in DED : 2662

Proto-South Dravidian : *sunḍ- (?*surnḍ-)

Meaning : a k. of potato or tomato

Tamil : cuṇṭai

Tamil meaning : Solanum torvum; S. verbascifolium; Indian tree potato

Malayalam : cuṇṭa

Malayalam meaning : Solanum pubescens

Kannada : suṇḍe, soṇḍe

Kannada meaning : Solanum pubescens

Kodagu : cuṇḍe

Kodagu meaning : sp. Solanum

Tulu : sōrṇṭè

Tulu meaning : a kind of solanum

Tulu derivates : (DCV) suṇḍe Indian currant tomato

Proto-Nilgiri : *Si(n)ḍ-

Number in DED : 2665

Proto-South Dravidian : *Suŋk-

Meaning : to pinch

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) cuŋku to pinch

Number in DED : 2505

Proto-South Dravidian : *Sur-am

Meaning : narrow path

Tamil : curam

Tamil meaning : narrow and difficult path

Malayalam : curam

Malayalam meaning : difficult road, pass, ghaut

Number in DED : 2683

Proto-South Dravidian : *sur-i-

Meaning : to string

Tamil : curi (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to bore, perforate as in an ola leaf or book; n. hole, aperture, perforation through the leaves of an ola book, instrument for boring ola leaf or book

Tamil derivates : curai hollowness, hollow interior, tubularity, cavity; a kind of sharp crowbar; cūr (-v-, -nt-) to bore, pierce, scoop out; cūrvu piercing, boring

Malayalam : curi

Malayalam meaning : round hole pierced through olas to thread them, the instrument which makes the hole

Kannada : suri

Kannada meaning : (Bark.) to string, as flowers

Tulu : suri

Tulu meaning : (B-K) to string, bore

Number in DED : 2685

Proto-South Dravidian : *Surijal- (?)

Meaning : a k. of basket

Malayalam : curiyal

Malayalam meaning : a round rattan basket

Number in DED : 2691

Proto-South Dravidian : *Surump-

Meaning : bee

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : curumpu

Tamil meaning : bee, drone

Tamil derivates : curumpi (-pp-, -tt-) to hum (as bees)

Number in DED : 2689

Proto-South Dravidian : *sut-i-

Meaning : hammer

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cutti, cuttiyal

Tamil meaning : small hammer

Malayalam : cutti, cuttika, tutti

Malayalam meaning : hammer

Kannada : suttige

Kannada meaning : hammer

Tulu : sutti, suttigè, suttiyè, suttè, suttyè

Tulu meaning : hammer

Number in DED : 2668

Proto-South Dravidian : *Suv-

Meaning : taste

Tamil : cuvaṭu

Tamil meaning : sweetness, taste

Tamil derivates : cuvaṭan_ person of refined taste; cuvai (-pp-, -tt-) to taste, eat, chew, kiss, experience, enjoy; be palatable, agreeable, pleasing; n. taste, flavour, deliciousness, sweetness, that which is pleasing or gratifying to the senses, the sense of taste

Malayalam : cuva

Malayalam meaning : taste, flavour, unpleasant taste (as in fever), slight after-effects of former troubles

Malayalam derivates : cuvekka to taste, produce a taste, remain as after-taste

Number in DED : 2396

Proto-South Dravidian : *Suvaṭ-

Meaning : track, foot

Tamil : cuvaṭu

Tamil meaning : track, footstep, sign

Malayalam : cuvaṭu, cumaṭu, cōṭu

Malayalam meaning : footmark, vestige, foot, base, step

Malayalam derivates : cuvaṭṭuka to track, search after

Number in DED : 2695

Proto-South Dravidian : *SUv-av-

Meaning : muskrat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cuvavu

Tamil meaning : musk-shrew

Number in DED : 2675

Proto-South Dravidian : *Sūl-

Meaning : to scoop

Tamil : cūl (cūlv-, cūn_r_-)

Tamil meaning : to scoop, dig out, pierce, cut off

Tamil derivates : cūr_al, cūr_r_al, cūn_r_al scooping, digging out

Malayalam : cūluka

Malayalam meaning : to make a deep and boring cut as into melons and jackfruits (cūnnu nōkkuka to taste such); pluck out

Number in DED : 2734

Proto-South Dravidian : *Sūḷ-

Meaning : whistle

Tamil : cūḷam

Tamil meaning : a whistle

Malayalam : cūḷa

Malayalam meaning : a whistle

Proto-Nilgiri : *tuḷ-ĭ- (*c-)

Number in DED : 2739

Proto-South Dravidian : *sūḷ-ai

Meaning : prostitute

Tamil : cūḷai

Tamil meaning : prostitute

Malayalam : cūḷa, (Tiyya) cūḷacci

Malayalam meaning : harlot

Malayalam derivates : cūḷan whoremonger

Kannada : sūḷe

Kannada meaning : harlot, prostitute

Kodagu : cūḷe

Kodagu meaning : dancing-girl

Tulu : sūḷe

Tulu meaning : whore, harlot

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sūḷ

Number in DED : 2741

Proto-South Dravidian : *sūḷ-[ur_]-

Meaning : to swear; oath

Tamil : cūḷ (cūḷp-, ?)

Tamil meaning : to take an oath, vow; n. vow, oath, malediction, curse

Tamil derivates : cūḷ-ur_u to swear, take oath, take a vow

Malayalam : cuẓar_uka

Malayalam meaning : to swear

Malayalam derivates : cuẓarcca ascertaining the truth by oath or ordeal; (Kauṭ.) cūẓ oath

Kannada : sūruḷ (sūruḷt-)

Kannada meaning : to swear, utter a solemn declaration; n. an oath

Tulu : sūlu

Tulu meaning : swearing

Notes : Inlaut -ḷ- is assimilated to -r_- in Mal.; in Kannada there is a metathese.

Number in DED : 2738

Proto-South Dravidian : *Sūr-

Meaning : fear; disgust

Tamil : cūr (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to frighten, be cruel; n. fear, suffering, affliction, sorrow, disease, cruelty, malignant deity, celestial maidens

Tamil derivates : cūrppu a cruel, ferocious deed

Malayalam : cūr

Malayalam meaning : fiend, affliction, disgust

Number in DED : 2725

Proto-South Dravidian : *Sūr-

Meaning : pungency

Tamil : cūr

Tamil meaning : pungency

Malayalam : cūr

Malayalam meaning : bad smell

Number in DED : 2726

Proto-South Dravidian : *Sūr_-

Meaning : whirlwind

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cūr_āvaḷi, cūr_āvāri, cūr_ai

Tamil meaning : whirlwind

Number in DED : 2743

Proto-South Dravidian : *sūr_-ai

Meaning : robbery

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cūr_ai

Tamil meaning : robbery, dacoity, pillage

Kannada : sūr_e

Kannada meaning : plundering, pillaging, ransacking, plunder, spoil

Tulu : sūre

Tulu meaning : plundering, ransacking, pillaging

Proto-Nilgiri : *sūr_-ĭ

Number in DED : 2744

Proto-South Dravidian : *Sūt-

Meaning : anus

Tamil : cūttu

Tamil meaning : anus, buttocks, private parts, pudendum muliebre

Tamil derivates : cūr_u anus

Malayalam : cūttu

Malayalam meaning : testicles, penis

Number in DED : 2724