South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : katuvu (katuvi-)

Tamil meaning : to pare, slice off, whittle, strip off (as fibres from a nut), chisel

Tulu : kadepuni, kadeyuni, kadevuni

Tulu meaning : to pull out, strip off, disjoin

Number in DED : 1202

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kattaṇam

Tamil meaning : jacket, tunic, coat of mail

Tamil derivates : kantaḷam armour for the body

Number in DED : 1203

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kattu (katti-)

Tamil meaning : to caw, screech, chatter, yelp, growl, bray, bleat, croak, cry, scream, babble, roar; n. crying, bawling, chattering

Kannada : kattu

Kannada meaning : to cry, croak, caw, bray, etc.

Number in DED : 1206

Proto-South Dravidian :

Malayalam : kantu

Malayalam meaning : membrum muliebre

Proto-Nilgiri : *ka[n]d

Number in DED : 1210

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tulu : kappaḍe

Tulu meaning : dirty

Number in DED : 1217

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kappi

Tamil meaning : grits in flour, grain half-ground; gravel, road-metal

Tamil derivates : kampu grain half-ground

Malayalam : kappi

Malayalam meaning : coarse part of rice

Number in DED : 1220

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : kappu, kappa, kappal

Kannada meaning : hole in the ground, pit

Kannada derivates : kappu to dig; gabbarisu to dig, undermine; (Hav.) garpu to dig; (Sholiga, LSB) gambu a hole in a tree

Tulu : karpu

Tulu meaning : pit, hole, ditch

Tulu derivates : garpuni, (D. N. S. Bhat, p. 13) gaḷp- to dig; garpelụ scooping, burrowing; (B-K.) kappu kheddah

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) garpu to dig

Number in DED : 1223

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kodagu : pōke

Kodagu meaning : frog

Miscellaneous : KUR (LSB) pōke frog

Number in DED : 1224

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kapōti

Tamil meaning : blind person, silly fellow (? < Te.)

Kannada : kabōji

Kannada meaning : a blind man

Number in DED : 1226

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : kabbila

Kannada meaning : huntsman, fowler, rustic

Kannada derivates : kabbiliga, kabbeya boatman, fisherman

Number in DED : 1227

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kamar

Tamil meaning : crack, chasm, cleft in the ground caused by drought

Kannada : kamari, kammari

Kannada meaning : declivity, steep bank, cliff, ravine

Number in DED : 1229

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : kamaru

Kannada meaning : to be singed, burnt, or scorched

Kannada derivates : kamara, kamaru, kamarike, kamarige the state of being singed, burnt, or scorched, the disagreeable smell arising from burnt oil, ghee, hair, etc.

Number in DED : 1230

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kamar_u (kamar_i-)

Tamil meaning : to feel a pungent sensation as that produced by chillies on the fire

Malayalam : kamarkka

Malayalam meaning : to have astringent taste

Malayalam derivates : kamarppu acerbity

Number in DED : 1231

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : kompe

Kannada meaning : a small thorn bush, a small bundle or load of thorny twigs

Number in DED : 1235

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kampaṭṭam

Tamil meaning : coinage, coin

Malayalam : kammaṭṭam, kammiṭṭam

Malayalam meaning : coinage, mint

Kannada : kammaṭa

Kannada meaning : coinage, mint

Kannada derivates : kammaṭi a coiner

Number in DED : 1236

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kampalai

Tamil meaning : agricultural tract

Tamil derivates : kampaḷar inhabitants of an agricultural tract

Kannada : kampaṇa

Kannada meaning : a district

Number in DED : 1237

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : kambaḷa

Kannada meaning : daily hire or wages

Kodagu : kambaḷa

Kodagu meaning : feast given in field at transplantation time; picnic

Proto-Nilgiri : *kabaḷ-

Number in DED : 1238

Proto-South Dravidian :

Kannada : kambaḷa

Kannada meaning : a buffalo race

Tulu : kambula, kambuḷa

Tulu meaning : a buffalo race in a rice field

Number in DED : 1239

Proto-South Dravidian :

Tamil : kampākam, kampān_

Tamil meaning : ship's cable

Malayalam : kampa

Malayalam meaning : cable, strong rope

Number in DED : 1240

Proto-South Dravidian :

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kampu, kampam-pul

Tamil meaning : bulrush millet, Italian millet

Malayalam : kampu

Malayalam meaning : bulrush millet, Italian millet

Malayalam derivates : kampam a grain; kamp-ari Holcus spicatus

Kannada : kambu

Kannada meaning : Holcus spicatus

Number in DED : 1242