Proto-South Dravidian : *kUdal-
Meaning : to prattle
Tamil : kutalai
Tamil meaning : lisp, prattle of children, soft talk (as of young girls); simpleton
Tamil derivates : kutalaimai indistinctness as in child's prattle; kutaṭṭu (kutaṭṭi-) to babble, prattle
Kannada : kodalu, kodlu
Kannada meaning : to hesitate in speaking, stammer, mutter with the omission of a syllable; n. (also koḍal) act of stammering
Kannada derivates : kodala stammerer
Tulu : koddè, goddè
Tulu meaning : stammering, lisping
Number in DED : 1702
