Kannada meaning :an orifice, a bore, small pit, hole dug in the dry bed of a river or a dried-up tank, spring of water or a fountain head
Tulu :cilimbi, cilimè, cilmè
Tulu meaning :a small tank
Number in DED :2367
Proto-South Dravidian :*čal-čal-
Meaning :onom. jingle, purling
Tamil :calacala
Tamil meaning :onom. expr. of purling as of water
Tamil derivates :cala-cal-en_al onom. expr. of rustling as of dried leaves, sounding as of drizzling rain; calacala (-pp-, -tt-) to rustle, be talking incessantly
Malayalam :calacalā
Malayalam meaning :the jingle of bells
Tulu :calacala
Tulu meaning :a noise in wading through water, as children make while playing
Number in DED :2366
Proto-South Dravidian :*čaḷ-čaḷ-
Meaning :noise of splashing (expr.)
Tamil :caḷa-caḷ-en_al
Tamil meaning :onom. expr. of (a) babbling, (b) splashing, pattering, as of rain
Tamil derivates :caḷappu (caḷappi-) to babble, prate; caḷacaḷa (-pp-, -tt-) id.; patter (as rain)
Kannada :caḷamaḷa, caḷapaḷa
Kannada meaning :noise of bubbling water
Tulu :caḷacaḷa
Tulu meaning :a bubbling noise
Number in DED :2405
Proto-South Dravidian :*čal-i
Meaning :reed, grass
Malayalam :calli
Malayalam meaning :a kind of grass or reed
Tulu :calli
Tulu meaning :a reed, a kind of grass
Number in DED :2382
Proto-South Dravidian :*čaḷ-i-
Meaning :stale, mouldy
Tamil :caḷi (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning :to become stale and sour, grow mouldy as food, as liquors in incipient fermentation, rot
Malayalam :caḷikka
Malayalam meaning :to grow mouldy, rotten
Kannada :caḷiya
Kannada meaning :state of growing putrid
Number in DED :2406
Proto-South Dravidian :*čan-
Meaning :beauty
Kannada :cannu, cennu
Kannada meaning :straightness, beauty, grace, niceness, properness, elegance
Kannada derivates :canna, cenna a man of beauty, a handsome man; fem. canni, canne, cenne; cannage handsomely, nicely, properly; canniga a handsome, fine man
Tulu :canna
Tulu meaning :handsome, well
Number in DED :2423
Proto-South Dravidian :*čanc-
Meaning :a tribeman
Kannada :cañca, cañcu
Kannada meaning :a man of wild tribe that resides in forests, a Śabara
Kannada derivates :fem. cañciti
Number in DED :2291
Proto-South Dravidian :*čancal-i
Meaning :a k. of small tree
Kannada :cañcali, caricali
Kannada meaning :a small tree commonly cultivated, Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb.
Tamil derivates :cappaṭi anything flat; cappaḷi (-v-, -nt-) to flatten, be crushed, pressed out of form; cappu (cappi-) to be bent, pressed in; cappai that which is flattened
Malayalam :cappaṭa
Malayalam meaning :flat
Malayalam derivates :(?) cippu what is smoothed, flat
Kannada :cappaṭe, capaṭe, appaṭe
Kannada meaning :flatness, flat
Kannada derivates :cappaḍi a large flat stone; cappe that which is flattened or pressed down
Number in DED :2331
Proto-South Dravidian :*čar-
Meaning :rough; gravel
Tamil :caracara (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning :to be rough of surface
Tamil derivates :caracarappu roughness of surface or edge; caruccarai roughness, ruggedness; caral, caraḷ, caraḷai gravel, laterite; curacura (-pp-, -tt-) to be rough, have a rough surface; curacurappu roughness as of woollen cloth
Tamil meaning :onom. expr. signifying the sound of falling trees, report of a gun, rattling of stones thrown
Tamil derivates :caṭa-caṭav-en_al onom. expr. signifying crash, peal of repeated sound; caṭa-puṭ-en_al, caṭār-en_al onom. expr. of crackling noise
Malayalam :caṭa-caṭa
Malayalam meaning :crash, peal, descriptive of battle noises
Kannada :caṭ
Kannada meaning :sound of wood when suddenly broken or that of an earthen pot when cracking on the fire, a term in imitation of the smacking noise of a whip or of the noise of a smart blow with a cane
Kannada derivates :caṭa-caṭa, caṭa-paṭa the snapping sound of corn in being parched; caṭal, caṭil imitation of the loud crack of a whip; caṭīrane, caṭuku, caṭaku with the noise of a smart blow with a cane or whip
Kodagu :caṭ
Kodagu meaning :noise of cracking fruit or nut
Tulu :caṭakka
Tulu meaning :a slapping or cracking sound
Tulu derivates :caṭacaṭa, caṭapaṭa noise produced as in slapping or cracking a whip; caṭīla a cracking sound; caṭụka a snapping sound
