Proto-South Dravidian : *pač- / *pas-V́-
Meaning : green; fresh; wet
Tamil : paca (-pp-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to be green, turn sallow or pale, become golden (as the sky in the evening)
Tamil derivates : pacaṇṭai verdure, moisture; pacappu green colour, sallow complexion (due to lovesickness), moisture; pacalai gold colour, sallowness; pacitu that which is green; pacu green, greenish yellow, yellow; (-pp-, -tt-) to be green; pacuppu greenness, greenish yellow; pacumai greenness, verdure, coolness, moistness, youth, newness, freshness, greenish yellow; pacai moisture, sap, juice; paccai greenness, paleness (as of a maid separated from her lover), unripeness, freshness, coolness; paya (-pp-, -nt-) to change in complexion (as the skin through lovesickness), turn sallow through affliction; payappu change of hue, turning sallow, gold colour; payir growing grain, herbage, tender sprout; pai greenness, freshness, youth, beauty; (-pp-, -tt-) to become green; paital cold, chilliness; paitu, paittu greenness, freshness, moisture; paimmai, paimai greenness; pācavar dealers in betel leaves; pācaval green field; pāci that which is green; moss, lichen, seaweed, mouldiness; pācu greenness, verdure; pācai, pācam moss; pīn_am duckweed, a kind of moss
Malayalam : pacu, pai, paiṃ
Malayalam meaning : tender, fresh, moist, green
Malayalam derivates : paca, paśa, paya moisture; paśima freshness, softness, moisture; pacca greenness, freshness; payir green corn; payiŋŋa unripe fruit, young areca nut; pāśi, pāśār, pāyal, pāyil, pāyi green stuff on stagnant pools, mouldiness
Kannada : pasi, pasu, pasir, pasur, pacce, pace, pacca, paccu, paccane
Kannada meaning : greenness, yellowish colour, golden colour; young sprouts or new leaves, growing corn, freshness, unripeness, rawness, youngness
Kannada derivates : (PBh) paṃ-, in: pandaḷir fresh young leaves (for taḷir, see 3131); pasale young grass, pasturage, a place overgrown with grass; pasuba, pasumba a kind of bird with green plumage; payir green corn, growing crop; pāci, pāsi, pāvase green slime on stagnant water, duckweed, mouldiness, lichen
Kodagu : pacce
Kodagu meaning : green, blue, cold (of water)
Kodagu derivates : pāmañji green scum on stagnant water, lichen on rocks
Tulu : pacca
Tulu meaning : green, fresh
Tulu derivates : paccè id.; greenness, freshness; paji green, fresh, wet, damp; pajirụ grass; pasè, paśè moisture, wetness; pājè, pājeyi, pāśi algae, lichen; pāmaji, pāmaju moss, green substance floating on stagnant water; pairụ standing or growing corn; ? bacc-irè betel leaf (or with 5515)
Number in DED : 3821
