Proto-South Dravidian : *par-
Meaning : to grope, feel
Malayalam : paratuka
Malayalam meaning : to seek groping, chiefly at night
Kannada : paraḍu
Kannada meaning : to scrape together with the hand or a hoe, (PBh.) to grope about, (Hav.) id.
Kodagu : baraj- (baraji-)
Kodagu meaning : to feel for (something), grope
Tulu : paraḍuni
Tulu meaning : to grope
Tulu derivates : paraṇṭuni to grasp, seize, lay hold of; araṇṭuni to grope for, grasp, seek, look for; araṇṭele a greedy person, miser; araṭuni to scramble, fumble; arantuni to feel, grope, grasp at; (? forms with initial a- from Ka. dial.)
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) baraṭɨ to grope; (M) haji to search
Notes : The suffix used in conjunction with this root is hard to determine (the correspondence Mal. -t- - Kan. -ḍ- - Kod. -j- with assimilative voicening *p- > b- in Kod. is unprecedented).
Number in DED : 3956
