South Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *ok-

Meaning : to thresh, tread, trample

Tamil : ukai (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : ? to move (as a boat), go (as a vehicle), walk (as an animal)

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to drive, ride, row (as a boat), discharge (as an arrow), stir up (as dust)

Malayalam : okkuka

Malayalam meaning : cattle to trample upon sheaves of corn

Malayalam derivates : vb. noun. okkal

Kannada : okku

Kannada meaning : to tread out corn, remove grain from the ears by the treading of oxen, thresh with sticks; n. threshing

Kannada derivates : okkal, okkike, okkaṇike threshing; okkisu to cause corn to be trodden out

Kodagu : okk- (okki-)

Kodagu meaning : to thresh (paddy crop) by driving cattle round on heaps of grain

Kodagu derivates : okkɨ heap of paddy on threshing floor on which cattle are driven round

Proto-Nilgiri : *ok-

Number in DED : 0927

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Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *ok-

Meaning : to thresh

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ok- (oky-) "to drive (cattle) round in threshing"

Toda : wɨk- (wɨky-) "(bullocks) go round in threshing"

Additional forms : Also Kota okl act of threshing one lot of grain completely

Number in DED : 927