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Brahui etymology :
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Brahui : pōl-ing
Meaning : stain, stain on one's character
Number in DED : 4547
braet-meaning,braet-prnum,braet-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *pol-
Meaning : bad, mean; dirty, pollution
Proto-South Dravidian: *pol- dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-gnd,dravet-bra,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *pol-
Meaning : mean, bad; pollution
Tamil : pul
Tamil meaning : meanness, baseness
Tamil derivates : pulai baseness, defilement, vice, lie, adultery, outcaste; pulaiyan_ low-caste person; fem. pulaicci, pulaitti; pulaimai baseness; pun_mai meanness, vileness, uncleanness; pullan_ vile, base person; pulliyār low, base persons; pollā bad, vicious, evil, severe, intense; pollāŋku, pollāppu evil, vice, defect, deficiency, ruin; pollā̆tu vice, evil; pollāmai evil, fault; pollān_ wicked man; polam badness, evil
Malayalam : pula
Malayalam meaning : taint, pollution, defilement (esp. by birth or death)
Malayalam derivates : pulayan an outcaste; (Shanmugam) pulacci a low-caste woman; pollā to be bad, evil; pollāta bad; pollāppu mischief
Kannada : pol, polla
Kannada meaning : meanness, badness, noxiousness
Kannada derivates : pole menstrual flow, impurity from childbirth; defilement, meanness, sin; poleya low-caste man; fem. polati; polasu impurity
Kodagu : pole
Kodagu meaning : pollution caused by menstruation, birth, or death
Kodagu derivates : poleyë low-caste man; fem. polati
Tulu : polè
Tulu meaning : pollution, defilement
Tulu derivates : polasụ dirty, unclean; pilè impurity from birth or menstruation, humility
Notes : The Tamil form pul is apparently secondary (developed by analogy with pulai, etc.).
Number in DED : 4547
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-malder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-kodder,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-tulder,sdret-notes,sdret-dednum,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *pul-
Meaning : blemish or flaw (as in precious stone)
Telugu : pulu
Telugu (Krishnamurti) : pulli-āku (pullāēku), pullɨ vistari "a leaf on which one has eaten food (lit. uncleanness leaf-plate)"
Additional forms : Also [1] pullayya, [2] pullamma (apotropaic proper names)
Number in DED : 4547
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-tel_kr,telet-addition,telet-dednum,
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *pol-
Meaning : bad; taboo
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-gon,gndet-kui,
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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *pol-
Meaning : taboo
Additional forms : Also Gondi_Grigson polo taboo
Number in DED : 4547
Number in CVOTGD : 2423
gonet-meaning,gonet-prnum,gonet-addition,gonet-dednum,gonet-voc_num,
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *pō̆l-
Meaning : bad, wrong
Kuwi (Schulze) : pola'atasi "a bad man"
Kuwi (Israel) : pōlaʔa ki- "to do wrong"
Number in DED : 4547
kuiet-meaning,kuiet-prnum,kuiet-kuwi_s,kuiet-kuwi_isr,kuiet-dednum,
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