Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *uruḷ-

Meaning : to roll

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : uruḷ (uruḷv-, uruṇṭ-)

Tamil meaning : to roll, tumble over and over, revolve (as a wheel), spin, become round, globular; n. car wheel, wheeled vehicle

Tamil derivates : uruḷi wheel, circle, small vessel of bell-metal that is circular in shape; uruḷai wheel, anything that rolls or turns (as a ball); uruṭci revolving, rotundity; uruṭṭu (uruṭṭi-) to roll (tr.), revolve, whirl, impose and confound by high-sounding verbiage; n. rolling, wheel, roundness, fraud; uruṭai cart; uruṇṭai ball, anything round, roundness, mouthful of food in the shape of a ball

Malayalam : uruḷ

Malayalam meaning : circular, a wheel, rolling wave

Malayalam derivates : uruḷuka (uruṇṭ-) to roll (intr.), toss, revolve; uruṇṭa round; uruḷa a ball; uruḷca rolling, roundness; uruḷi cauldron to boil 4-5 measures of rice; uruṭṭu what is round, fraud; uruṭṭan deceiver; uruṭṭuka to roll (tr.), cheat

Kannada : uruḷ, uraḷu, uraṭu, uraṇṭu, uruṭu, uruṇṭu, urṭu, urḷu, uḷḷu, uṇṭu

Kannada meaning : to roll, roll down, revolve, be turned over

Kannada derivates : uḷutu to roll; uraḷi, uruḷi, urḷi, uḷḷa, uḷḷe, oḷḷi a ball, bulb, round vessel of earth or metal; uruḷu, uruṭu, uruṇṭu, urḷu, ural, urlu rolling, roundness; uraṇe roller for moving logs; uruḷike rolling, revolving; uruḷicu, uruḷisu, uruḷcu to cause to roll, etc.; uṭṭu round stone used as an anchor, an anchor

Kodagu : urɨḍ- (urɨṇḍ-)

Kodagu meaning : to roll (intr.)

Kodagu derivates : urɨṭ- (urɨṭi-) to roll (tr.)

Tulu : uruṇṭụ, uruṇḍulu, urṇḍelụ

Tulu meaning : round

Tulu derivates : urṇḍe lump, morsel; urṇa round-shaped cake

Proto-Nilgiri : *urḷ-

Miscellaneous : IRU ruḷḷu (ruṇḍ-) to roll (intr.); ruṭṭu id. (tr.)

Number in DED : 0664

Proto-Nilgiri : *urḷ-

Meaning : to roll

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : urṇ- (urḍ-) "to roll (intr.) over and over in one direction"

Toda : ūḷ- (ūḍ-) "to roll (intr.)"

Additional forms : Also Kota urṭ- (urṭy-) id. (tr.); Toda ūṭ- (ūṭy-) id. (tr.); ūḷ ball (of butter, food, etc.), handful; uṭ- (uṭy-), pɨṣ ūṭ- (ūṭy-) to turn earth with cane at funeral (for pɨṣ, see 4290)

Number in DED : 664

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