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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *par-
Meaning : to grope, feel
Malayalam : paratuka
Malayalam meaning : to seek groping, chiefly at night
Kannada : paraḍu
Kannada meaning : to scrape together with the hand or a hoe, (PBh.) to grope about, (Hav.) id.
Kodagu : baraj- (baraji-)
Kodagu meaning : to feel for (something), grope
Tulu : paraḍuni
Tulu meaning : to grope
Tulu derivates : paraṇṭuni to grasp, seize, lay hold of; araṇṭuni to grope for, grasp, seek, look for; araṇṭele a greedy person, miser; araṭuni to scramble, fumble; arantuni to feel, grope, grasp at; (? forms with initial a- from Ka. dial.)
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) baraṭɨ to grope; (M) haji to search
Notes : The suffix used in conjunction with this root is hard to determine (the correspondence Mal. -t- - Kan. -ḍ- - Kod. -j- with assimilative voicening *p- > b- in Kod. is unprecedented).
Number in DED : 3956
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-tulder,sdret-misc,sdret-notes,sdret-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *par- (*-r_-?)
Meaning : to seek, grope
Proto-South Dravidian: *par- Notes : The alveolar articulation is only found in Konda par_bi-, so it would be unwise to base the entire reconstruction on it.
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-gnd,dravet-notes,
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *par_-k-
Meaning : to search
Notes : The metathese in PPM is caused by the causative character of the form.
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-gon,gndet-kon,gndet-pem,gndet-kui,gndet-notes,
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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *park-
Meaning : to search
Betul Gondi : paṛkānā, parkānā, pirkānā
Muria Gondi : park-
Maria Gondi : park-
Maria Gondi (Lind) : parkanā, parahkanā
Adilabad Gondi : parrānā (SR)
Chanda Gondi : parkānā, (Pat.) pāhakānā
Number in DED : 3956
Number in CVOTGD : 2142
gonet-meaning,gonet-prnum,gonet-gondi_tr,gonet-gondi_mu,gonet-gondi_ma,gonet-gondi_l,gonet-gondi_a,gonet-gondi_chd,gonet-dednum,gonet-voc_num,
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Konda etymology :
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Konda : par_bi- (-t-)
Meaning: to feel with hands, grope, search in darkness by groping
Number in DED : 3956
konet-meaning,konet-prnum,konet-dednum,
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Pengo-Manda etymology :
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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *prek- (*perk-)
Meaning : to seek
Pengo : prek- (-t-)
Number in DED : 3956
pemet-meaning,pemet-prnum,pemet-pengo,pemet-dednum,
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *par-/*pārk-
Meaning : to search
Kui : parmba (parmbi-) "to grope, search blindly; n. groping"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : parali
Kuwi (Schulze) : parinai
Kuwi (Israel) : par- (-it-)
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F pṛākali to grope; Kuwi_Isr pārk- (-it-) to feel one's way in the dark; prek- (-h-) to search for lice in the hair
Notes : It is possible that pārk- be a different root; -k- could be a plural action suffix, but what about the vowel length?
Number in DED : 3956
kuiet-meaning,kuiet-prnum,kuiet-kui,kuiet-kuwi_f,kuiet-kuwi_s,kuiet-kuwi_isr,kuiet-addition,kuiet-notes,kuiet-dednum,
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