Proto-South Dravidian : *sōr-/*sōl-
Meaning : to be loose; tired
Tamil : cōr (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to become loose (as rings), grow slack (as a grip), slip off or down (as clothes); languish, droop, be prostrate or relaxed (as the limbs in sleep), be weary, exhausted, faint, swoon, totter, be emaciated, wither
Tamil derivates : cōrvu languishing, drooping, weakness, carelessness
Malayalam : cōruka
Malayalam meaning : to slip through or down
Kannada : sōr
Kannada meaning : to be or become loose or slack; n. state of being loose, dangling
Kannada derivates : jōl to be or become loose or slack; make loose; n. slackness, looseness; sōlu to fall off in respect to vigour
Kodagu : cōl- (cōp-, cōt-)
Kodagu meaning : to become tired
Notes : The forms with inlaut -l- certainly go back to a different root, but both forms have been so seriously contaminated that it's impossible to distinguish between them. Kannada jōl- through contamination with jōl- 'to hang, dangle'.
Number in DED : 2884
