Proto-South Dravidian : *tIg-ai-
Meaning : asthma, to choke
Tamil : tikai, tikaippu
Tamil meaning : asthma
Tamil derivates : tikkumukku, tikkumukkal choking, suffocating; tikkumukk-āṭu to be choked, smothered
Malayalam : tikkal
Malayalam meaning : quick, heaving respiration (as of a dying person)
Malayalam derivates : tikkumuṭṭu being choked, stifled
Number in DED : 3208
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