South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pōnd-

Meaning : a k. of fly

Malayalam : pōnta

Malayalam meaning : a great fly

Number in DED : 4518

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōnd-

Meaning : fowl

Tamil : pōntān_

Tamil meaning : (Devanesan, p. 3) a kind of fowl

Number in DED : 4589

Proto-South Dravidian : *pō̆r-

Meaning : to hatch

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pori (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to hatch

Malayalam : porunnuka

Malayalam meaning : to sit on eggs, hatch, brood

Malayalam derivates : porunnikka to get hatched; poruttu hatching

Tulu : pāra

Tulu meaning : hatching

Tulu derivates : poruvelụ the under part of a fowl's wings

Number in DED : 4538

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōr-

Meaning : to fight

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : poru (-v-, -t-)

Tamil meaning : to fight, engage in battle, compete, dash against (as waves); n. equality, obstacle

Tamil derivates : poruttu (porutti-) to stir up (as to a fight); porutu (poruti-) to fight; porunan_ warrior; poruvu (poruvi-) to equal; n. equality, resemblance; pōr battle, fight, war, rivalry; pōr-āṭu to fight, struggle, haggle; pōr-āṭṭam fighting, struggle, competition; pōri rival; pōr-ēr_u fighting bull; champion, hero

Malayalam : poruka, porutuka

Malayalam meaning : to fight, vie, emulate

Malayalam derivates : poruvuka to emulate, outdo; pōr battle, war, rivalling; pōr-āṭuka to fight, contend; pōr-āṭṭam battle

Kannada : pōr

Kannada meaning : to fight, wrestle, strive; n. quarrel, fight, battle, wrestling

Kannada derivates : pōrke, pōrta battle, fight; pōrkuḷi wrestler; wrestling, fight; puruḍisu to vie with, emulate, envy; puruḍu rivalry, jealousy; puruḍi, puruḷi a female parrot, a young parrot [i. e. one that imitates, rivals]

Kodagu : poḷ- (popp-, pott-)

Kodagu meaning : to fight

Tulu : pōriyuni

Tulu meaning : to wrestle, quarrel

Tulu derivates : pordu battle, combat; pormbuni to wrestle, strive; porụmbāṭa a strife, struggle

Proto-Nilgiri : *pōr

Notes : Irregular -ḷ- in Kodagu.

Number in DED : 4540

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōr-

Meaning : to wrap

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pōr (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to wear, wrap oneself in, cover, envelope, surround

Tamil derivates : pōrvai covering, wrapping, upper garment, cloak, rug

Malayalam : pōrkkuka

Malayalam meaning : to wrap, cloak

Kodagu : poraḍ- (poraḍuv-, poraṭ-)

Kodagu meaning : to dress (well)

Number in DED : 4590

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōr-

Meaning : heap

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pōr

Tamil meaning : heap, accumulation, heap of unthreshed grain, straw stack

Tamil derivates : pōrpu, pōrvu grain heap; pōrppu heap of threshed paddy

Malayalam : pōr

Malayalam meaning : heap

Kannada : poraḷi

Kannada meaning : heap, mass, assemblage

Number in DED : 4591

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōr-

Meaning : sufficient

Tamil : pōru (pōnt-)

Tamil meaning : to go on, proceed, continue, reach, be understood (as a meaning); be enough, sufficient

Tamil derivates : pōnta fit, suitable; (?) pōtu (pōti-) to be adequate, suffice, be fit, proper, suitable; pōtiya adequate, suitable

Malayalam : pōruka (pōnn-)

Malayalam meaning : to come, go along, return; suit, suffice

Malayalam derivates : pōnnavan competent; pōruma self-sufficiency; pōrā does not suit, not suffice; pōrāykka, pōrāyma insufficiency, disgrace

Kodagu : pōr- (only in negative pōra)

Kodagu meaning : to be sufficient

Notes : Tamil pōtu is an isolated form; however, it is rather hard to derive it from *pōr-.

Number in DED : 4594

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pōr-i

Meaning : bull; bullock

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : (?) pori

Tamil meaning : calf or buffalo

Kannada : hōri

Kannada meaning : bull calf; bullock

Kodagu : pōri

Kodagu meaning : male buffalo

Tulu : bōri

Tulu meaning : bull; ox

Proto-Nilgiri : *pōr-ĭ

Notes : The initial consonant is hard to determine. On one hand, Tulu bōri is the only variant with an initial voiced consonant here, so it might be secondary; on the other hand, the variant with the initial voiceless consonant could have been contaminated with *pōr-, *por-i- 'to fight' (cf. the Tamil variant with the short vowel), and the Tulu form could thus prove archaic.

Number in DED : 4593

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōr_-

Meaning : child; silly

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : pōr_a

Malayalam meaning : silly, a glutton

Kannada : pōra

Kannada meaning : child, little boy, little girl, young and inexperienced person

Kannada derivates : pōri little girl

Tulu : pōra, pōre

Tulu meaning : lad

Tulu derivates : pōri lass

Number in DED : 4603

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōt-

Meaning : male

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pōttu

Tamil meaning : male of animals (cattle, tiger, deer), some birds (peafowl, heron, etc.), some aquatic animals (crocodile, etc.)

Malayalam : pōttu

Malayalam meaning : male buffalo

Kannada : pōta, hōta, hōtu, hōntu

Kannada meaning : he-goat

Kodagu : pōtu

Kodagu meaning : (Cole) goat

Number in DED : 4586

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pōt-

Meaning : sapling, bud

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pōttu

Tamil meaning : sapling, tender branch or shoot of tree

Tamil derivates : pōtu flower bud, freshness, beauty

Number in DED : 4587

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōt- (?)

Meaning : flesh

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Nilgiri : *pōt

Number in DED : 4588

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōt_-

Meaning : to praise; to protect

Tamil : pōr_r_u (pōr_r_i-)

Tamil meaning : to praise, applaud, worship, protect, cherish, nourish, entertain; n. protection, praise

Tamil derivates : pōr_r_i praise, applause; pōr_r_imai honour, reverence

Malayalam : pōr_r_uka

Malayalam meaning : to preserve, protect, adore

Malayalam derivates : pōr_r_i nourisher, protector

Number in DED : 4605

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōṭ-i

Meaning : rivalry

Tamil : pōṭṭi, pōṭi

Tamil meaning : emulation, rivalry, ridicule

Kannada : pōṭi

Kannada meaning : competition, rivalry

Tulu : pōṭi, pōṭāpōṭi

Tulu meaning : competition, rivalry

Number in DED : 4583

Proto-South Dravidian : *pōẓ-/*poṭ-ai

Meaning : to cleave, split

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pōẓ (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to be cleft, split, gape, be disunited; split, cleave open, dispel, destroy; n. cleft, piece

Tamil derivates : pōẓvu cleft, fissure; pōẓ-vāy open mouth; pōṭu hole, opening, cleft

Kannada : pōẓ

Kannada meaning : to cleave, split, divide into parts; n. a split, piece, slice

Kannada derivates : pōẓal hollow of a tree; pōḍu splitting; (K2) vb. to split up; pōṭe hole in a tree, cavern, hollow; poṭṭe, poṭṭare, poṭre hole in a tree, hollow of a tree

Tulu : poṭṭè

Tulu meaning : the hollow of a stalk or tree

Proto-Nilgiri : *bōṭ

Notes : Two different roots here; considering that the root structure (*PVR- 'hole, hollow') is rather common, the exact ways of contamination are rather hard to establish. Kota bōṭ is certainly contaminated with *bōr_-.

Number in DED : 4599

Proto-South Dravidian : *puč-

Meaning : to spit (?)

Kannada : pucakkane

Kannada meaning : suddenly and with a small noise, as when spittle is ejected with force, a mouse quickly enters its hole, a lancet is quickly inserted into a boil, a stick is moved up and down in mud, etc.

Tulu : pucukku

Tulu meaning : the force, as of spitting

Number in DED : 4245

Proto-South Dravidian : *pud-

Meaning : side of door

Tamil : putavu, puta, putavam, putā

Tamil meaning : door, gate

Kannada : pudi

Kannada meaning : the side of a door

Number in DED : 4274

Proto-South Dravidian : *pUḍ-

Meaning : scales of fish

Tulu : poḍasụ

Tulu meaning : scales of fish

Number in DED : 4480

Proto-South Dravidian : *pUḍ-ai-

Meaning : to winnow; to strike

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : puṭai (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to winnow, thresh, beat, strike, beat (drum), flap (wings); n. blow

Tamil derivates : puṭaippu stroke, sifting

Kannada : poḍe

Kannada meaning : to strike, beat, throw (as a stone), drive (cattle, cart), beat off, prevent, fell (a tree); n. beating, etc.

Kannada derivates : (PBh.) poḍar to tremble; poḍarpu trembling, quivering

Kodagu : poḍa- (poḍap-, poḍat-)

Kodagu meaning : to flutter quickly to and fro (hen with head cut off, persons struggling on ground, mouth in chewing)

Tulu : puḍepuni, poḍepuni

Tulu meaning : to winnow, fan

Tulu derivates : poḍụtoṇuni to struggle, strive, flutter, flap the wings, bustle, be in a hurry; puḍipuni quarrel, fight

Proto-Nilgiri : *poḍ-

Number in DED : 4252

Proto-South Dravidian : *PUḍ-ai-

Meaning : to utter a loud noise

Tamil : puṭai (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to utter a loud noise, roar, rattle; n. sound, noise (as from a stroke)

Number in DED : 4254