Proto-South Dravidian : *uṇ-
Meaning : to eat
Tamil : uṇ (uṇp-/uṇṇuv-, uṇṭ-)
Tamil meaning : to eat or drink, suck (as a child), take food, swallow without biting, enjoy, experience
Tamil derivates : uṇṭar_u to eat and digest, experience to the fullest extent; uṇṭi food, boiled rice, food of birds and beasts, experience; uṇṇi one who eats; uṇṇīr drinking water; uṇa food; uṇavu, uṇā food, boiled rice, foodstuffs; ūṭṭam food, refreshment; ūṭṭi food of birds and beasts, food; ūṭṭu (ūṭṭi-) to put small quantity of food into the mouth (as of a child, sick person), coax and make one eat one's food (as a mother her child), entertain (as a guest), instil, infuse, dye, cause to experience (as the fruits of one's actions), suck (as a calf or kid); n. feeding, food, morsel given to a child or sick person; ūṭṭuvān_ one who prepares food, cook; ūṇ eating, food, experience of joys and sorrows by the soul, as the inevitable fruits of karma; ūṇan_ glutton; ūṇi one who eats
Malayalam : uṇṇuka
Malayalam meaning : to eat (esp. rice), suck
Malayalam derivates : uṇṇi suckling, infant; ūṭṭuka to feed, feast gods and brahmans, temper iron; ūṭṭu giving rice, esp. to brahmans, welding iron; ūṭṭukār cooks; ūṇ food, boiled rice, meal
Kannada : uṇ (uṇḍ-), uṇṇu, umbu
Kannada meaning : to eat what forms a person's (or in poetry, certain animals') real meal, or (with regard to children) mother's milk; enjoy (as riches), take (as interest on money)
Kannada derivates : uṇi person who feeds on; uṇike taking a meal; uṇisu cause to take a meal; n. what is fed on, a meal; uṇṇi taking a meal, a meal; ummu boiled rice (a term used when speaking to children); ūḍu, ūḍisu to give to eat, make eat; ūṭa taking a meal, a meal
Kodagu : uṇṇ- (umb-, uṇḍ-)
Kodagu meaning : to eat a meal
Kodagu derivates : umbaḷa-mane kitchen; umbɨḷɨ jungle leech (< um-puḷu drinking worm)
Tulu : uṇpini, uṇupini
Tulu meaning : to take one's meal, dine, eat rice (in opposition to a slight repast of fruits, cakes, etc.)
Tulu derivates : uṇasụ, oṇasụ a meal, dinner, boiled rice and curry; uṇkelụ the time of evening, the night meal; uṇpu boiled rice, solid food; (B-K.) umpu, nuppu = uṇpu cooked rice (or nuppu with DEDR 3704); umb-uru a small leech (cf. DEDR 660); ūṭa food, meal
Number in DED : 0600
