South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯēnḍ-

Meaning : weavers

Tamil : cēṇṭiravar

Tamil meaning : weavers

Kannada : jāḍa, jēḍa

Kannada meaning : a weaver belonging to the Liŋgavanta sect; spider

Tulu : jāḍe, jāḍye

Tulu meaning : weaver; spider

Number in DED : 2809

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯēŋk-

Meaning : to delay, hesitate

Kannada : jēŋku

Kannada meaning : (Hav.) to hesitate

Tulu : jēŋkuni

Tulu meaning : to delay, be deferred; hesitate, waver

Tulu derivates : jēŋkāvuni to detain, stop; delay, put off

Number in DED : 2805

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯēr_-

Meaning : centipede

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : cēraṭṭa, tēraṭṭa

Malayalam meaning : centipede, millipede

Kannada : jar_i

Kannada meaning : centipede, scolopendra

Kannada derivates : jir_ale centipede; the worm Julus cornifex, a kind of earwig; cockroach; jir_ili an insect that is hurtful to cloth; jirle a kind of earwig; cockroach; (Hav.) jeraḷe cockroach; (Bell.; U.P.U.) girle id.; (Kumt.; U.P.U.) girǝle id.

Tulu : tēraṇṭè, (B-K) cēraṭe, cōraṭe, śēraṭe, śēraṇṭe

Tulu meaning : centipede, millipede

Notes : Initial t- might be due to contamination with *tēḷ 'scorpion'. Kannada vocalism also unclear.

Number in DED : 2797

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯēv-

Meaning : child

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cēy

Tamil meaning : son, child; juvenility, youth

Malayalam : cēvala

Malayalam meaning : child at the breast (?)

Tulu : jēvu

Tulu meaning : child, lad, youth

Tulu derivates : jōvu id., baby, female child; (Bright and Ramanujan, Brahmin dial. jēvu, jōvu girl); jōkuḷu children; (B-K) jērụ pariah child

Number in DED : 2813

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯibb-

Meaning : young areca-nut

Kannada : jibb-aḍike, jibaḷ-aḍike

Kannada meaning : a young areca-nut cut into two pieces and boiled

Kodagu : jibbɨ, jibb-aḍake

Kodagu meaning : a young and tender grade of areca-nut

Tulu : jibaḷu, jibulu, jibuḷu

Tulu meaning : boiled, tender areca-nuts

Number in DED : 2538

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯiḍḍ- (*ʒ-)

Meaning : a smeary or greasy substance

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : jiḍḍu

Kannada meaning : a substance that is smeary, greasy or oily, as ghee or oil

Number in DED : 2516

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯig-

Meaning : thick, sticky

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cikkan_avu

Tamil meaning : hardness, firmness

Kannada : jigaṭu, jigaṭe, jibaṭu

Kannada meaning : stickiness, gumminess, gum, birdlime

Kannada derivates : jigi, jibi thickness, viscidity, glutinousness, gum; cigil, jigil to be sticky, gummy, viscid, glutinous, adhesive, adhere, stick fast; jibbu stickiness, sap that issues from the stalk of the mango after it is cut from the tree; cikaṇi hard, substantial, thick, rich, fat

Number in DED : 2488

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯil(l)-

Meaning : chill, cold

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cilucilu (-pp-, -tt-), jilujilu

Tamil meaning : to feel chill, be cool

Tamil derivates : cilucil-en_al, jilujil-en_al onom. expr. of being cool; cill-iṭu, jill-iṭu to become chill; cill-en_al, jill-en_al onom. expr. of being very chill; jillu extreme cold (< Te.); jilu-jiluppu coolness

Kannada : jillu

Kannada meaning : the sensation produced by touching cold water

Number in DED : 2576

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯiṇ-

Meaning : fine, thin

Kannada : jiṇagu, jiṇugu, jinagu, jinugu

Kannada meaning : fineness or thinness (as of texture, thread, powder, written letters, etc.)

Number in DED : 2519

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯiṇ-

Meaning : to drizzle

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ciṇukku (ciṇukki-)

Tamil meaning : to yield in small quantities, ooze, issue in drops, drizzle

Tamil derivates : ciṇukku-cciṇukk-en_al onom. expr. of issuing in drops; ciṇuŋku (ciṇuŋki-) to drizzle

Malayalam : cinaŋŋuka

Malayalam meaning : to rain slightly, drizzle

Kannada : jinugu, jinuŋgu

Kannada meaning : to drizzle; n. drizzling rain

Kannada derivates : jinigisu to liquefy; (Nanj.) sinku (n, not ŋ) to drizzle

Number in DED : 2520

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯiṇ-

Meaning : to whine; to murmur

Tamil : ciṇuŋku (ciṇuŋki-)

Tamil meaning : to whine, whimper

Tamil derivates : ciṇukkam whining, whimpering; ciṇukkan_ worthless person, as always whining; ciṇukku-cciṇukk-en_al onom. expr. of worrying with frequent crying

Malayalam : cinaŋŋuka

Malayalam meaning : to be touchy (? or with DEDR 1600), to repine, whine, whimper

Malayalam derivates : cinakkuka to mutter, neigh

Kannada : jinugu

Kannada meaning : to mutter, murmur, hum

Number in DED : 2521

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯiŋk-ai

Meaning : antelope

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : jiŋke

Kannada meaning : antelope

Kannada derivates : cigari, cigare black buck or antelope; (Bellary; U.P.U.) jimke deer

Tulu : jiŋkè

Tulu meaning : antelope

Number in DED : 2504

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯir-

Meaning : gum, adhesive

Proto-Nilgiri : *ǯir

Number in DED : 2556

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯol- (?)

Meaning : pointed end of a female's bundle of hair at the back of the head

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : colleya, colleha, jolleha

Kannada meaning : pointed end of a female's bundle of hair at the back of the head

Number in DED : 2858

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯoŋk-

Meaning : bunch, cluster

Kodagu : joŋge

Kodagu meaning : bunch, cluster (of growing flowers or fruits)

Tulu : joŋkè, joŋkelụ

Tulu meaning : bunch, cluster

Number in DED : 2832

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯō-

Meaning : hush

Kannada : jō

Kannada meaning : hush

Kannada derivates : jō jō words used in a lullaby

Tulu : jōhō

Tulu meaning : interj. terminating every song of certain lullabies

Tulu derivates : jōguḷa, jōguḷi a lullaby; jōjiyuni, jōjuni, jōjapāḍuni to lull to sleep

Proto-Nilgiri : *ǯō

Number in DED : 2869

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯōg-

Meaning : waterfall

Kannada : jōgu

Kannada meaning : waterfall

Tulu : jōgu

Tulu meaning : waterfall, cataract

Number in DED : 2874

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯōk-

Meaning : care

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : jōke

Kannada meaning : care, caution, beauty, harmony, grandeur

Kannada derivates : (Hal.) jōpāna the looking after, looked after well

Kodagu : jōke

Kodagu meaning : care

Tulu : jōkè

Tulu meaning : care, caution, safety

Tulu derivates : jōpane, jōpasana, jōpāna care, circumspection; cautious, careful

Proto-Nilgiri : *ǯok-

Notes : The forms jōpane, etc., are strange, since there is no such regular derivation neither in Kan. nor in Tulu. Different root?

Number in DED : 2871

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯōk- (*z-)

Meaning : to wash

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) jōku, (T) jēki to wash

Number in DED : 2872

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯōl- (*z-)

Meaning : to hang down; to swing

Kannada : jōl(u) (jōld-/jōt-)

Kannada meaning : to hang down, move to and fro, swing, oscillate, dangle; to let hand down

Kannada derivates : jōl(u) hanging down; jōli, jōle hanging, swinging, dangling

Tulu : jōlu

Tulu meaning : pendent, flapping

Tulu derivates : jōlāṭa oscillation, hanging; jōtāḍuni to wave, move, oscillate

Number in DED : 2889