South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *vēḷ-ai (*b-)

Meaning : split pulse

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : bēḷe

Kannada meaning : split pulse, the half of a seed of the guñja or Abrus precatorius

Kodagu : bēḷe

Kodagu meaning : each of the halves of a seed that can be divided

Tulu : bēḷè

Tulu meaning : split pulse

Tulu derivates : bōḷè seed of a jackfruit

Proto-Nilgiri : *Pāḷ

Miscellaneous : Cf. (?) Ko. vēḷ badly ground coarse flour

Notes : Kodagu bēḷe is irregular; possibly re-borrowed from Kannada.

Number in DED : 4444

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