Proto-South Dravidian : *agai- / *aggai
Meaning : to sprout, flourish
Tamil : akai (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to flourish, sprout
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to sprout, rise; to raise; akaippu rising, elevation
Malayalam : aka
Malayalam meaning : germ, bud, shoot
Malayalam derivates : akekka to bud; ava bud, esp. the fruit-like sprout of Artocarpus; avekka to sprout
Kannada : age
Kannada meaning : seedling, shoot from the root of a plant or tree, sprout
Kodagu : age
Kodagu meaning : paddy seedling
Tulu : agge
Tulu meaning : the shoot of a branch
Number in DED : 0015
