Proto-South Dravidian : *vag-V-
Meaning : to divide; class; manner, species
Tamil : vaku (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning : to separate, divide, apportion, distribute
Tamil derivates : (-v-, -nt-) to split (intr.); vakuti division, class, category; vakuppu dividing, classifying, section, division, class; vakiṭu parting in woman's hair; vakai (-v-, -nt-) to be divided; divide, cut, arrange a subject; n. division, branch, section, class, caste, manner, method, way, means, nature, quality; vakir (-v-, -nt-) to slice, cut in slips, split, cleave, tear open, divide; n. tearing, scratch, slice; vaci (-v-, -nt-) to split, cut
Malayalam : vakukka
Malayalam meaning : to divide
Malayalam derivates : vakuppu kind, sort, section, paragraph; vaka division, kind, item, means, property, stock; vakayuka to divide, compose; vakaccal distribution, composition of a work; vakayikka to accomplish a business
Kannada : bagaru
Kannada meaning : to scratch with the nails or claws (or with 5322)
Kannada derivates : bagi to separate, disunite, divide, make pieces, cleave, tear, lacerate, scratch, dig, scrape (bottom of pot with spoon); bage division, portion, part, section, sort, vanity, class, caste; bay-tale parting of the hair
Kodagu : bavtale
Kodagu meaning : parting of the hair
Tulu : bagè
Tulu meaning : kind, manner, way, species, means, resource, income
Tulu derivates : bakala gash, deep incision; baktalè, bagụtalè parting of the hair by combing, combing the hair into curls, crown of the head, chaplet
Number in DED : 5202
