Tamil derivates :tir_ai tribute; (inscr.) tir_appu assessed lands
Malayalam :tir_a
Malayalam meaning :tribute, taxes; an offering, an inferior feast
Kannada :ter_u (tett-)
Kannada meaning :to pay
Kannada derivates :ter_uvike paying; ter_isu, tettisu to cause to pay (as taxes, fines, etc.); ter_e, ter_age, ter_ige, ter_ege tribute, tax; tir_(u) to exchange, barter, pay, offer, present, give; ter_a price paid for a wife; ter_avu id., (PBh.) tribute, tax; teraṇṭu to make a gift of raiment to the bride and bridegroom at a wedding
Tamil meaning :to burst asunder, snap in twain as a rope, split; break (tr.), cut
Malayalam :ter_ikka
Malayalam meaning :to cut off
Kannada :tir_i
Kannada meaning :to cut, cut off; n. cutting
Number in DED :3437
Proto-South Dravidian :*tet-i (?)
Meaning :egg
Kannada :tetti, tatti, (Hav.) ketti
Kannada meaning :egg
Tulu :tetti, (B-K also) ketti
Tulu meaning :egg
Number in DED :3413
Proto-South Dravidian :*tet_-
Meaning :to intertwine, twist
Tamil :ter_r_u (ter_r_i-), tettu (tetti-)
Tamil meaning :to become intertwined; braid, plait, entwine, weave, string up, tie together, tighten; n. entwining, denseness
Kannada :tettu
Kannada meaning :to intertwine, interweave, twist, be twisted, be connected or befriended
Kannada derivates :tettiga man who is entwined or closely bound to, a servant, connexion, friend; tettisu to bring into close connexion, cause to enter (as nails), insert, etc.
Tamil meaning :hedge of thorns protecting a passage
Tamil derivates :tettu hedge of bamboo or thorns
Kannada :(????) tadalu, tadlu
Kannada meaning :a frame of thorns, etc., used as a gate in a hedge
Number in DED :3447
Proto-South Dravidian :*tet_-i
Meaning :veranda, narrow walk
Tamil :ter_r_i
Tamil meaning :raised veranda
Kodagu :tetti
Kodagu meaning :narrow walk built on all round house
Number in DED :3444
Proto-South Dravidian :*tet_-/*ter_-i-
Meaning :to stumble, totter
Tamil :ter_r_u (ter_r_i-)
Tamil meaning :to stumble, be obstructed, hindered, mistake, commit a fault, do wrong; stammer, stutter; n. tripping, mistake, wrong
Malayalam :ter_r_u
Malayalam meaning :slip, stumble, mistake, something aside or out of order
Malayalam derivates :ter_r_uka to slip, fail, mistake, err, be asunder or aside; ter_r_a aside, not in array; ter_r_al slippery place, mistake, etc.; ter_r_ikka to make to slip, err
Kodagu :teri- (terip-, teric-)
Kodagu meaning :to totter about (as a child or through weakness)
Tamil meaning :to drive or control by shouting, bluster, cause to sound (as a drum); resound, roar; n. sound, noise
Tamil derivates :teẓippu sound, noise, noisy rage
Malayalam :teḷikka
Malayalam meaning :to drive cattle with shouts
Number in DED :3432
Proto-South Dravidian :*tē-
Meaning :to draw water
Malayalam :tēvuka, tēkuka
Malayalam meaning :to draw water, empty a well, bale out for irrigation; spatter
Tulu :tēpuni
Tulu meaning :to throw water with a bucket or trough, irrigate
Tulu derivates :tēpalè a kind of trough or bucket used for watering trees, etc.; (Bhattacharya; brahmin dial.) sēpuni to bale out
Number in DED :3468
Proto-South Dravidian :*tēḍ-
Meaning :to seek, search for
Tamil :tēṭu (tēṭi-), tēṇṭu (tēṇṭi-)
Tamil meaning :to seek, search for, inquire after, acquire, earn, procure, take care of, cherish, provide for, seek, try (as to do a thing)
Tamil derivates :tēṭṭam, tēṭṭu acquiring, earning, accumulation, seeking, search, pursuit, acquisition, that which is earned or hoarded, anxiety, solicitude, earnest desire, appetite, longing
Malayalam :tēṭuka
Malayalam meaning :to seek, pray, acquire
Malayalam derivates :tēṭikka to cause to search or hunt; tēṭṭam pursuing of game, importunity, coveting
Tamil meaning :to wear away by friction, be rubbed, wane as the moon, waste away as oil in a lamp, be emaciated, grow thin, become weakened, pass away (time), be effaced, erased, obliterated, destroyed, die
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to rub, rub away, waste by rubbing, reduce, destroy, scrub, scour, polish, efface, erase, obliterate, pare, shave, rub in (ointment); tēy-mān_am loss by wear and tear; tēyvu wearing away, lessening, abrasion, diminution, emaciation, decay, decline; tēyvai fragrant unguent made by trituration
Malayalam :tēyuka
Malayalam meaning :to be rubbed off, be worn out, waste
Malayalam derivates :tēkkuka (tēcc-) to rub, smear, clean, polish, sharpen; caus. tēppikka; tēccal waste from rubbing; tēppu rubbing, scratch, polishing; tēmānam waste from rubbing
Kannada :tē, tēy(u)
Kannada meaning :to grind, triturate or macerate in water on a slab, waste by use, wear away as a metal vessel, be chafed or galled as the foot
Kannada derivates :tēmāna waste from rubbing, esp. metals; tege to grind one substance on another, as sandalwood on stone
Tulu derivates :tēpu rubbing, whetting, polishing as a precious stone; tēpa-kallu a polishing stone, whetstone; tēpanè rubbing, polishing as a precious stone; tēmā̆na loss in assaying metals, waste by polishing; tēduni to grind, macerate; sējuni to sharpen, whet, polish
Tamil derivates :tēkku (tēkki-) to belch; n. belching, eructation; tēkk-iṭu, tēkk-er_i to belch; tekiṭṭu vomiting sensation; teviṭṭu (teviṭṭi-) to chew the cud
Malayalam :tēkkuka
Malayalam meaning :to belch
Malayalam derivates :tēkkam nausea, unsubdued anger; tēŋŋuka to feel nausea, sob; tekiṭṭu belching; tikaṭṭuka to belch, feel nausea; tēṭṭuka to belch, ruminate
Tamil meaning :to get rid of, escape danger (as a ship)
Tamil derivates :tēlikkai lightness
Kannada :tēl(u)
Kannada meaning :to be afloat, float; slip, slide or glide off, go backwards or away, become loose, sink into a fainting fit, faint
Kannada derivates :tēlisu to make float, open the eyes wide and stare upwards, as at the point of death, cause to fail as a promise; tēku to float; tekku to cause to float; faint; teŋku to be afloat, swim, float; (PBh.) tēŋku to float
Tamil derivates :tēḷi scorpion-fish; ? tēṭ-kuṭicci a black bee; tēṭ-koṭṭān_ a green insect whose touch produces the same sensation as a scorpion-sting (for kuṭicci and koṭṭān_, cf. DEDR 2064)
Malayalam :tēḷ
Malayalam meaning :scorpion
Kannada :cēẓ(u), tēẓ
Kannada meaning :scorpion
Kodagu :tē̈ḷɨ
Kodagu meaning :black insect with poisonous bite
Tulu :cēḷụ, tēḷụ, tēlụ
Tulu meaning :scorpion
Tulu derivates :cēlgoṇḍi sting of a scorpion (koṇḍi sting)
Notes :Initial c- in Kan. and Tel. by analogy with other names of spiders and insects (*cIland- 'spider', *čeḷ- 'flea, tick', etc.).
Number in DED :3470
Proto-South Dravidian :*Tēmb-
Meaning :to fade, waste
Tamil :tēmpu (tēmpi-)
Tamil meaning :to fade, wither, droop, be tired, faint, grow thin, be emaciated, be in trouble, suffer, perish
Tamil derivates :tēmpal fading, being faded, reduced or diminished state, difficulty, faded flower
