Tamil meaning :to spread, be diffused, be flattened (as by hammering), be broad (as a plane surface)
Tamil derivates :parakku (parakki-) to roam about; paraṭṭai spreading (as of shrubs); parattu (paratti-) to spread (tr.); parappu (parappi-) to spread (tr.; as grain), diffuse (as odour), disseminate (news), expand, establish, give lavishly; n. expanse, extension, space, diffused or extended state, diffusion, mass, sea, bed; parampu (parampi-) to spread (intr.), expand, pervade, be spread out or become flattened; n. roller for smoothing land newly ploughed; bamboo mat; pampu (pampi-) to be close, thick, crowded, be full, spread (as vegetation, water, darkness); pampal expanse, spaciousness, luxuriance, abundance, harvest; pammu (pammi-) to be close, thick, crowded; paravu (paravi-) to spread (intr.); lay open to view (as goods in a bazaar); paravai expanse, breadth, sea, that which is spread (as grain on floor); pār expanse, earth, rock, rocky stratum, shelf of rock; pāram, pāri earth; pārār people of the earth
Malayalam :parakka
Malayalam meaning :to spread, be diffused, extended, become large, become public
Malayalam derivates :paranna broad, extended; parattuka to spread (tr.), flatten, level, divulge, proclaim; parappu spreading (of sound, disease, branches), extent, breadth, publicity, sea; parampu bamboo mat; parava sea; paravuka to spread; pār the earth, world
Kannada :paraḍu
Kannada meaning :to spread (intr., tr.), extend, be diffused
Kannada derivates :paradu trade, traffic; parada trader; parepu to spread (tr.); n. spreading, diffusion; parapu to spread about (intr., tr.), be divulged; (K2) n. spreading, expanse; (PBh.) parakalisu to scatter; pare to spread (intr.), extend, be diffused, spread out (as creepers or roots), disperse, be dishevelled (as hair); n. extension; parayisu to spread (tr.), disperse; (Gowda) parṇḍɨ to spread; parvu, parbu, habbu to spread (intr.), be extended, be diffused, spread out or run (as creepers, etc.)
Kodagu :para- (parap-, parand-)
Kodagu meaning :to crawl
Kodagu derivates :parat- (parati-) to spread (grain); pabb- (pabbi-) (creeping plant) twines; ? palambɨ mat
Tulu :parapuni
Tulu meaning :to creep, crawl on hands and legs, spread (as a creeper)
Tulu derivates :paraḍuni to spread (intr., tr.); parataruni, paraturuni to spread, extend, diffuse; creep (as an ant); parētè crawling on hands and feet; parambuni, parbuni to spread, multiply, diffuse, flow; (?) borambu a small kind of mat
Tamil meaning :to fly, hover, flutter, move with celerity, hasten, be in a hurry, be greatly agitated, be scattered, dispersed, disappear
Tamil derivates :par_apar_a (-pp-, -tt-) to hasten, hurry; par_ati over-hastiness, over-anxiety; par_appan_ hasty person; par_appu flying, haste, anxiety; par_appai, par_al bird; par_avai bird, wing, feather, bee; par_i (-v-, -nt-) to run away (as a horse), flow out quickly, be displaced suddenly, give way, fly off (as steam), be discharged (as an arrow); par_ai flying, wing, feather, bird; pār_u (pār_i-) to run, flee, be scattered, give way, be in disorder, cross over; n. hawk, kite, falcon, eagle; ruin; pār_al heavy shower; bull (cf. meaning of Ka. vb. pār_u)
Malayalam :par_akka
Malayalam meaning :to fly, flee
Malayalam derivates :par_a, par_ava bird; par_appu, pār_u flight; pār_uka to fly, flutter, drizzle, spread, unfold (as wings); pār_al flight, drizzling rain; pār_r_uka to let fly, scatter about
Kannada :par_i, par_u
Kannada meaning :flying, running swiftly
Kannada derivates :par_isu to cause oneself to run; par_ame the large black bee; pār_ (pārd-), pār_u (pār_i-) to leap up, run, jump, fly, palpitate, cross by jumping (as a stream), copulate (as a bull); pār_isu, hār_isu, ār_isu to cause to jump, etc.; pār_u running, flying; pār_um-baṇi flying drop, drizzling rain
Tulu derivates :pārele runner, fugitive; pārāṭa running, a race; pārāvuni to cause to run, drive; pārupaṇi drizzling rain; ? rāpuni, rāvuni to fly (with aphaeresis)
Tamil meaning :to spread (as water, darkness, light), extend; n. spreading, extension, mat, sail
Tamil derivates :pāyal bedding; pāvu (pāvi-) to extend, be diffused, spread (as creepers); lay in order, pave, spread, seed closely for transplanting, transplant; n. warp; pā expanse, warp; pāmam extension, expanse; pācar_ai encampment
Malayalam :pāy
Malayalam meaning :mat, sail
Malayalam derivates :pākuka, pākkuka to lay things regularly on the ground, fix in the ground regularly, sow thickly for transplantation; be fixed; pākku sowing thickly; pākku, pāvu ceiling; pāvu, pā weaver's warp
Kannada :pāsu
Kannada meaning :to spread (as blanket, carpet, mat, leaves, etc.), lay; n. bed
Kannada derivates :pāsage, pāsike, pāsuge bed; (K2) pās-ar_e a flat and spacious stone; hāsu bed, warp; āsu warp; hāy a sail; pase layer, bed, beautiful seat
Tulu :pāyi
Tulu meaning :mat, sail
Tulu derivates :pāsụ, āsụ warp; pajè mat; paseruni to extend, diffuse, spread; pāyuni to be diffused as molten metal, etc., in a mould
Notes :A very strange form in Toda pōwfeṭ; normally, *pōpeṭ would be expected, but somehow the voiced character of the consonant has been preserved in such a strange way.
Number in DED :4103
Proto-South Dravidian :*Pāvir-
Meaning :creeping purslane
Tamil :pāviri
Tamil meaning :creeping purslane, Portulaca quadrifida
Tamil meaning :to go to ruin, be laid waste, become useless, be accursed (as a place or house); n. desolation, ruin, damage, loss, corruption, baseness, evil, emptiness, barrenness, barren or waste land
Tamil derivates :pāẓi desolation; paẓutu unprofitableness; damage, ruin
Malayalam :pāẓ
Malayalam meaning :an empty place, void, desolation, waste, vain, useless
Malayalam derivates :pāẓan one good for nothing, wicked, scamp; left uncultivated
Kannada :pāẓ
Kannada meaning :ruin, desolation, a waste
Kannada derivates :pāẓtana a ruined state
Kodagu :pāḷɨ
Kodagu meaning :bad, ruined, lost
Tulu :pāḷụ, hālụ
Tulu meaning :ruin, destruction, desolation, desolate, waste, ruined, destroyed
