South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *āl-

Meaning : to sound, make noise

Tamil : ālu (āli-)

Tamil meaning : to sound, make noise, cry aloud, rejoice, dance

Tamil derivates : ālal sound, cry, screech of the peafowl; āli (-pp-, -tt-) to make a noise, roar; ālippu great noise, uproar

Malayalam : ālikka

Malayalam meaning : general shout, as in war or feast

Malayalam derivates : ālāttuka to bawl, halloo; ālippu great noise; āluka to dance

Kannada : āl (āld-)

Kannada meaning : to cry aloud

Kannada derivates : āluha crying aloud

Number in DED : 0386

Proto-South Dravidian : *āḷ

Meaning : man

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : āḷ

Tamil meaning : man, husband, servant, labourer, adult

Tamil derivates : āḷan_ husband; (Tinn.) āḷiyan id.

Malayalam : āḷ

Malayalam meaning : a person, able person, servant, slave

Kannada : āḷ

Kannada meaning : servant, soldier, messenger, a grown person in general

Kannada derivates : āḷ, āṇ male; manliness, bravery; āḷike state of being a person; āḷutana, āḷtana service; prowess, valour; āḷma, āṇma, āṇba husband

Kodagu : āḷɨ

Kodagu meaning : servant

Tulu : āḷụ

Tulu meaning : person, labourer, messenger

Tulu derivates : āḷmage servant

Proto-Nilgiri : *āḷ

Number in DED : 0399

Proto-South Dravidian : *āḷ-

Meaning : to cry out

Tamil : āḷ-en_al

Tamil meaning : onom. expression signifying a dog's howling

Malayalam : āḷuka

Malayalam meaning : to cry out, roar

Malayalam derivates : āḷippu explosion

Number in DED : 0401

Proto-South Dravidian : *āl-ai

Meaning : sugar-mill

Tamil : ālai

Tamil meaning : sugar-cane press, sugar-cane

Malayalam : āla

Malayalam meaning : sugar-mill

Kannada : āle

Kannada meaning : a sugar-cane press or mill

Tulu : āle

Tulu meaning : a press, mill

Number in DED : 0387

Proto-South Dravidian : *āl-aj-

Meaning : to listen

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : ālay(i)su

Kannada meaning : to listen, attend to, mind

Kannada derivates : ālisu id., be heard, make oneself to be heard, cry aloud

Tulu : ālaisuni

Tulu meaning : to listen to, hear attentively

Number in DED : 0383

Proto-South Dravidian : *āl-i

Meaning : hail

Tamil : āli

Tamil meaning : raindrops, hail, opening shower of the rainy season; wind

Tamil derivates : āl water, flood; ālam water, ocean, rain; ālaŋ-kaṭṭi hail

Malayalam : āli, āli-ppaẓam

Malayalam meaning : hail

Malayalam derivates : āl water; ālam water, sea, rain

Kannada : āli-kal, āle-kallu

Kannada meaning : hailstone

Kannada derivates : (PBh.) āli-nīr water of dew

Kodagu : āli, āli-kāy

Kodagu meaning : hail

Tulu : āli-kallụ, āli-parndụ

Tulu meaning : hailstone

Number in DED : 0384

Proto-South Dravidian : *āl-i

Meaning : oyster

Malayalam : āli

Malayalam meaning : oyster

Number in DED : 0385

Proto-South Dravidian : *ā̆m-

Meaning : water

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : am, ām

Tamil meaning : water

Tamil derivates : amm-en_al onom. expr. of filling or overflowing, as of water

Number in DED : 0187

Proto-South Dravidian : *āmaṇ-

Meaning : castor-oil plant

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : āmaṇṭam, amaṇṭalam, āmaṇakku, āṭam, ātaḷai

Tamil meaning : castor-oil plant

Malayalam : āmaṇakku

Malayalam meaning : castor-oil plant

Kannada : āmaṇḍa, amaṇḍa, avuḍala, avuḍla, avuṇḍla, āḍalu

Kannada meaning : castor-oil plant

Kodagu : āṇake mara

Kodagu meaning : castor-oil plant

Kodagu derivates : āṇak-ëṇṇe castor-oil plant

Tulu : alụmbuḍa, alụmbuḍe

Tulu meaning : castor-oil plant

Proto-Nilgiri : *āmǝ[-ḷg/-nḍ]

Number in DED : 0360

Proto-South Dravidian : *āmbal-

Meaning : wtaer lily

Tamil : āmpal

Tamil meaning : water lily, Nymphaea lotus

Malayalam : āmpal

Malayalam meaning : a water lily which opens after sunset

Kannada : ābal, āval, āla

Kannada meaning : red waterlily

Tulu : āmbalụ

Tulu meaning : a water-lily which opens after sunset

Number in DED : 0362

Proto-South Dravidian : *āmīr- (?)

Meaning : a k. of plant

Proto-Nilgiri : *āmīr

Number in DED : 0361

Proto-South Dravidian : *āṇ-

Meaning : broth

Tamil : āṇam

Tamil meaning : broth, soup, vegetable relish in soup

Malayalam : āṇam

Malayalam meaning : broth, soup

Number in DED : 0352

Proto-South Dravidian : *āṇ-

Meaning : crack

Malayalam : āṇam kīr_uka

Malayalam meaning : a field to burst [i. e. crack] by the heat of the sun

Kannada : āṇe

Kannada meaning : a crack

Kannada derivates : āṇe biḍu to crack or burst; āṇisu to crack or burst under the influence of the sun's heat (esp. wood)

Number in DED : 0353

Proto-South Dravidian : *āṇ-

Meaning : hail

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : āṇi-kkallu, āṇe-kallu, āni-kal, āne-kallu, āne-gallu

Kannada meaning : hailstone

Tulu : āṇe-kallụ

Tulu meaning : hailstone

Proto-Nilgiri : *ān-

Number in DED : 0355

Proto-South Dravidian : *āṇ-

Meaning : to lean, support

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : āṇam

Tamil meaning : support

Tamil derivates : āṇi support, basis

Malayalam : āṇam

Malayalam meaning : support

Kannada : ān, ānu

Kannada meaning : to be upheld, rest on, lean against, recline on, lean, bend, support (as the head), bear, endure, suffer

Kannada derivates : ānike, āŋke, aŋke leaning on, a staff to lean upon; ānisu to bend or hold towards, make lean against, cause to recline on, cause to be upheld, protect; ānu leaning on; āpu an object to lean on, refuge, protection

Tulu : ānipuni

Tulu meaning : to make lean

Number in DED : 0408

Proto-South Dravidian : *ān-

Meaning : to hold, seize

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : ān(u)

Kannada meaning : to lay hold of, hold, put on, take, seize

Kannada derivates : ānika, āŋke laying hold of, seizing; āŋke-goḷ to seize

Number in DED : 0409

Proto-South Dravidian : *āṇ

Meaning : male

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : āṇ

Tamil meaning : male, manliness, courage, superiority, warrior

Tamil derivates : āṇan_ manly person; āṇmai manliness, virility, courage; āṭavan_ man, youth

Malayalam : āṇ

Malayalam meaning : male

Malayalam derivates : āṇma bravery

Kannada : āṇ

Kannada meaning : male; manliness, bravery

Kannada derivates : āḷma, āṇma, āṇba husband; aṇmu to be manly, vigorous; n. manliness, vigour

Kodagu : āṇɨ, āṇ āḷɨ

Kodagu meaning : man, male

Kodagu derivates : āŋuññi male child (< āṇɨ-kuññi)

Tulu : āṇu

Tulu meaning : adj. male

Tulu derivates : āṇụjōvu, aṇjā̆vu a male, a man (jōvu child); (Bright and Ramanujan) āṇụ boy

Number in DED : 0399

Proto-South Dravidian : *āṇag-

Meaning : calabash

Tamil : āṇakam, āḷakam, ān_akam

Tamil meaning : calabash

Number in DED : 0351

Proto-South Dravidian : *ānd-

Meaning : owl

Tamil : āntai

Tamil meaning : owl; spotted owlet, Athene brahma

Malayalam : ānta

Malayalam meaning : a poisonous or unlucky animal

Kannada : āndega

Kannada meaning : night hawk, screech owl

Number in DED : 0359

Proto-South Dravidian : *ānḍ-i

Meaning : a class of Śaivas

Tamil : āṇṭi

Tamil meaning : a class of non-brahman Śaivas; non-brahman Śaiva mendicant, usually dressed in yellow cloth

Malayalam : āṇṭi

Malayalam meaning : religious mendicant, worshipper of Subrahmaṇya, a Paṇḍāram [i.e. Śaiva mendicant]

Kannada : āṇḍi

Kannada meaning : a religious mendicant of the Śaivas

Proto-Nilgiri : *ā[n]ḍ-

Number in DED : 0356