South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *guḍ-

Meaning : to rumble

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuṭukuṭu (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to rumble, rattle

Tamil derivates : kuṭukuṭā, kuṭukuṭi hookah (as producing a gurgle); kuṭukuṭuppai anything making a rattling sound, small tambourine, wooden clapper; kuṭukuṭukkai ripe coconut in which the kernel rattles; kuṭukuṭ-en_al expr. signifying gurgling, rattling sound

Malayalam : kuṭukuṭa

Malayalam meaning : onomatop. descriptive of guggling, rumbling noise

Kannada : guḍu, guḍi, guẓu

Kannada meaning : a sound used in imitating rumbling, growling, grumbling, thundering, or roaring

Kannada derivates : guḍugu to thunder; run when playing at tipcat or ball, bawling and keeping one's breath at the same time; guḍugu, guḍigu thunder, roar, etc.; guḍuguḍu gurgling sound of running water; guḍuguḍisu to grumble, roar, etc.; guḍuguḍi a hubble-bubble

Tulu : guḍuguḍu

Tulu meaning : a rumbling noise (as of thunder); a noise made in smoking tobacco in a hubble-bubble, a noise made in shaking a coconut whose kernel is dried within; guḍuguḍi, guḍiguḍi a hubble-bubble; guḍumbu the noise of anything falling into a well, etc.

Proto-Nilgiri : *guḍǝ-

Number in DED : 1659