Proto-South Dravidian : *kap-/*kav-
Meaning : to cover
Tamil : kappu (kappi-)
Tamil meaning : to overspread (as a cloud)
Tamil derivates : kavi (-v-, -nt-) to cover, overspread, overshadow, surround; (-pp-, -tt-) to cover (as with an umbrella), overshade, cover over (as an arch); kavikai bending, being concave, umbrella; kavippu covering, canopy, umbrella; kammu (kammi-) to be overcast, cloudy, gloomy, dark; kammal dimness (as of a gem, a lamp, glass, spectacles), cloudiness, haziness
Malayalam : kappuka, kammuka
Malayalam meaning : to cover, overspread
Malayalam derivates : kaviyuka to overflow, inundate, surpass, exceed; be overflowed; kamiyuka to overspread; kaviyan wrapper, pillowcase; kaviccal, kamiccal inundation, encroachment
Kannada : kappu
Kannada meaning : to cover; spread, extend, overspread, surround
Kannada derivates : kavi to cover, overspread, come upon, rush upon, attack; n. a rushing upon, etc.; kavicu, kavacu, kavucu to put upon, cause to come upon, etc.
Tulu : kabiyuni
Tulu meaning : to besiege, surround, overwhelm, overspread (as clouds)
Number in DED : 1221
