Tamil derivates :teṭṭa clear, plain; teṭṭavar clearsighted persons; teṭpam clearness, ripe wisdom; teṇmai clearness, lucidity, clearness of intellect; teḷku (teḷki-) to become clear; teḷḷu (teḷḷi-) to be clear, lucid, refined (as language), shine clearly, gleam, be mature in knowledge or experience; teḷḷimai clearness, obviousness, intelligence, penetration, cleverness; teḷḷiyar the learned, the wise; teḷi (-v-, -nt-) to become clear, limpid (as water by the settling of sediment), become serene (as the mind), be bright (as the countenance), become white, disappear (as famine, epidemic), become obvious, evident; consider, investigate, know, understand; (-pp-,-tt-) to clear, free (as from turbid matter), clarify, make known, pacify, reveal, dispel (as fear, sorrow); n. clearness, essence, light; teḷiñan_ learned, wise man; teḷiccal healthy appearance; teḷippu clearing, refinement, purification, straining off; teḷiya clearly, evidently; teḷir (-v-, -nt-) to shine, sparkle; teḷivu clarity, brightness, perspicuity, essence, water strained from cooked rice, knowledge, waking state, placidity, serenity; taḷi (-v-, -nt-) to comprehend clearly
Malayalam :teḷi
Malayalam meaning :clearness, brightness
Malayalam derivates :teḷiyuka to become clear, brighten up, please, (matter) is decided; teḷivu clearness, brightness, perspicuity, proof; teḷiyikka to clear, clarify, make bright, clear away (as jungle), exhilarate, explain, prove; teḷiyippikka to filter, clarify, make bright, joyful
Kannada :tiḷi, taḷi
Kannada meaning :to become clear, pellucid, pure, become bright, brighten up, be exhilarated or pleased, be calmed, cease (as sleep, a swoon), come to light, be or become plain or known, know, perceive, learn; n. clearness, pureness, brightness, knowingness, knowledge, clear serum-like substance
Kannada derivates :tiḷipu, tiḷihu, tiḷupu, tiḷuhu to cause oneself to brighten up, become calm, soothed, pleased; calm, appease, cause to cheer up; make clear or known, cause to know, inform; tiḷivaḷike, tiḷavaḷike, tiḷuvaḷike, tibbaḷi knowledge, intellect; tiḷivu, tiḷuhu calmness, friendliness, knowledge; tiḷisu to make clear or known, cause to know, inform; tiḷisuvike making clear or known, etc.
Kodagu :tëḷi- (tëḷiv-, tëḷiñj-)
Kodagu meaning :(sleep) leaves one
Kodagu derivates :tëḷɨp- (tëḷɨpi-) to cause (sleep) to leave one
Tulu :tiḷi
Tulu meaning :transparent, clear, distilled
Tulu derivates :tiḷuvaḷikè, tiḷuvaḷigè understanding, intellect, knowledge; teli, seli clear, pure, filtered; teli, (B-K also) teḷi gruel, rice-water; teliyuni, seliyuni, selliyuni to become clear, pure; selipuni to filter, cleanse
Tamil meaning :to strew, scatter, sprinkle, sow as seed, cast up in sifting, winnow; n. sowing as of seeds in a field
Tamil derivates :teḷippu winnowing, sprinkling, scattering, sowing; teḷḷu (teḷḷi-) to winnow, waft (as the sea), cast upon the shore; taḷi (-pp-, -tt-) to drip (as rain); sprinkle (tr.); n. drop of water, raindrop, first shower of rain
Malayalam :teḷḷuka
Malayalam meaning :to sift or winnow by casting up gently in a fan
Tulu derivates :telipāvuni to make laugh; telikè a laugh, smile, ridicule
Miscellaneous :KOR (T) teli, (O) telli to laugh
Number in DED :3436
Proto-South Dravidian :*teluŋ-
Meaning :Telugu
Tamil :telugu, teluŋku, teluŋkam, teliŋkam
Tamil meaning :Telugu country, Telugu language
Tamil derivates :teluŋkan_ Telugu man
Malayalam :teluŋku
Malayalam meaning :Telugu country, language, and people
Kannada :telugu, telagu, teluŋgu
Kannada meaning :Telugu language
Kannada derivates :teluga, telaga, teluŋga Telugu man
Tulu :teluŋgu, telugu
Tulu meaning :Telugu
Tulu derivates :teluŋge Telugu man
Number in DED :3426
Proto-South Dravidian :*Temā(n)ṭ-
Meaning :fool; vagabond
Tamil :temmāṭi, temmāṇṭi
Tamil meaning :senseless person, fool, incompetent person
Malayalam :temmāṭi
Malayalam meaning :vagabond, debauchee
Number in DED :3417
Proto-South Dravidian :*Teṇ-
Meaning :strength
Tamil :tempu, ten_pu
Tamil meaning :physical strength, daring, bravery, arrogance, energy
Number in DED :3416
Proto-South Dravidian :*ten-
Meaning :south
Tamil :ten_
Tamil meaning :south, southern region; right side
Tamil derivates :ten_r_al, ten_n_al south wind, balmy breeze from the south, south-west monsoon; ten_r_i, ten_r_al south; ten_n_ar south; people of the south; ten_n_an_, ten_n_avan_ southerner; ten_ātu that which is in the south; ter_ku, tekku south
Tamil meaning :to be wrinkled, crumpled, dry up as dead leaves, be folded in as the fingers of a closed hand, be curled up as the hair
Tamil derivates :tirakku (tirakki-) to be crumpled, shrivel, wrinkle; tiraŋkal being strivelled, wrinkled, crumpled; tirai (-v-, -nt-) to become wrinkled as the skin by age, be wrinkled, creased as a cloth, roll as waves; (-pp-, -tt-) to roll as waves; gather up, contract, close as the mouth of a sack, plait the ends of a cloth as in dressing, tuck up as one's cloth; n. wrinkle as in the skin through age, curtain as rolled up, wave, billow, ripple; tiraippu wrinkling, rolling, rippling, place screened by a curtain; tiraiyal wrinkling; tiraivu wrinkling as by age, rolling as of waves
Malayalam :tira
Malayalam meaning :wave, billow, curtain
Malayalam derivates :tiraccal wrinkles; tirekkuka to roll as waves; tirappu rolling
Kannada :tere
Kannada meaning :a wave, billow, curtain, cloth for concealing oneself used by huntsmen
Tamil meaning :to be seen, perceived, ascertained, become evident, be understood, intelligible, clear, possess the power of sight, be conscious (as of one's guilt); investigate, test, ascertain, inquire, know, understand, select, choose, learn through listening, sift
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to make evident, bring to view, tell, declare, inform, explain specifically, write, inscribe, sift, choose, select, divide; terikkal narration in detail; terippu informing, acquainting, communicating, investigation, saying, mentioning, writing, inscription, sifting, dividing; teriyal selection; terivi (-pp-, -tt-) to explain, point out, show, teach, bring to light, manifest, reveal, display; terivu knowledge, understanding, choosing, picking, selecting, anything selected or chosen, appearance, visibility, that which is known or ascertained; teruḷ (teruḷv-, teruṇṭ-) to know, gain true knowledge, perceive, ascertain, understand clearly, be renowned, be clear, lucid; n. knowledge, intelligence, clear perception, comprehension, wisdom; teruṭci knowledge, wisdom, understanding; teruṭṭu (teruṭṭi-) to inform, make known, convince, persuade, enlighten the mind, confirm, assure, rub and test the tone of a lute-string; n. informing, convincing; teruṭṭal rubbing a lute-string to test the tone; tēr (-v-, -nt-) to examine, investigate, inquire into, understand, know, consider, deliberate, ponder well, elect, seek, ascertain, form a conclusion, doubt, question, be well versed in; tērcci examination, investigation, learning, discernment, deliberation, experience; tērvu examination, search, experience, proficiency
Malayalam :teriyuka
Malayalam meaning :to understand, know, choose, examine
Malayalam derivates :terikkuka to select; terivu selection; tiriyuka to be distinct, known and to know; tirivu distinction, appreciation, knowledge; tirikka to make known, distinguish, separate, sort; tēruka to know, understand; tērcca asserting a claim
Kodagu :tiri- (tiriv-, tiriñj-)
Kodagu meaning :to come to be known
Tulu :teriyuni, teripuni
Tulu meaning :to be known, understood, comprehended; understand (with dative); be able, feel, perceive, conceive
Tulu derivates :teripāvuni to make known, communicate, inform, explain, expose; terpuni to separate (esp. outcastes), excommunicate
Tamil meaning :woman between 25 and 31 years of age, woman
Kannada :(?) taruvali
Kannada meaning :boy, girl
Kannada derivates :taruvalitana childishness (cf. taraḷa, taruḷa child, boy, taraḷe girl, which are, however, considered to be tatsamas of Skt. taruṇa-)
Number in DED :3421
Proto-South Dravidian :*Ter_-
Meaning :to pull up clothes
Malayalam :ter_ukka
Malayalam meaning :to pull up the clothes, as when wading
Number in DED :3428
Proto-South Dravidian :*ter_-
Meaning :to throw off, toss, throw away
Tamil :ter_i (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning :to strike and fly off, start as the eyes, splash as water, fly off as sparks, be scattered as an army, spring, leap, bound, give throbbing pain, twang as bowstring with fingerand thumb, thrum as the strings of a lute; n. spattering, splashing
Tamil derivates :ten_r_u (ten_r_i-) to be scattered, split to pieces, stray away as from a group
Malayalam :ter_i
Malayalam meaning :snappish, dashing, clashing
Malayalam derivates :ter_ikka to rebound, recoil, fly in pieces, make to fly off, splash, sputter; ter_ippikka to make to bounce or splash; ter_r_u throwing stones, filliping marbles; ter_r_uka to shoot with a crossbow; ter_r_ikka to shoot or throw with a bow
Kannada :tir_i
Kannada meaning :throwing off a thing by quick motion, tossing
