Proto-South Dravidian : *vēẓ-/*vēḍ-
Meaning : to want; required
Tamil : vēḷ (vēṭp-, vēṭṭ-)
Tamil meaning : to desire, love; n. desire, Kāma
Tamil derivates : vēṭkai, vēṭci desire, want, amorousness; vēṭṭam desire, thing desired; vēṭṭal desire, begging; vēṭpu, vēṭam desire; vēṭai id., longing, thirst; vek_ku (vek_ki-) to desire ardently, covet (Kuiper, Indian Linguistics 35.215); viṭāy desire; viẓai (-v-, -nt-) to wish, desire, love, be anxious for, covet; viẓaiccu sexual union; viẓaicci id., enjoyment; viẓaintōn_ friend, husband; viẓaivu copulation, desire
Malayalam : vēḷ
Malayalam meaning : lust, Kāma
Malayalam derivates : vēḷ lust, Kāma; vēḷi, vēḷvi rutting; vēẓca love, affection
Kannada : bēku, bēẓku, bēẓkum
Kannada meaning : it desires; it is wished, desired, requested, it is not desirable, necessary, wanted, it is fit, it must, to be desirable
Kannada derivates : bēḍa it does not desire; it is not wished, desired, requested, it is not desirable, necessary, wanted, it is not fit, it must not, not to be desirable; bēḍike, bēḍuvike asking, entreating; bēḍu, bēẓ to wish, desire, beg, pray, entreat, request; bēḍuha soliciting, begging, praying; bēḷamba desire
Kodagu : bōḍ- (bōḍi-)
Kodagu meaning : to beg
Tulu : bēḍuni
Tulu meaning : to beg, ask, entreat
Tulu derivates : bēḍave poor man, beggar
Notes : It is not yet excluded that the entry mixes up four different roots: *vēṇḍ-, *vēḍ-, *vēḷ- and *vēṛ-.
Number in DED : 5528
