DEDR

Burrows T.D. and Emeneau M.B. A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, 2nd edn. Oxford: Munshirm Manoharlal / Clarendon Press, 1984 (1st edn. 1961)

Realizations (55)

Shift	Language	Lexeme	Source		Target	Page
#3706	Kannada	amma	mother	→	<exclamation of sorrow, pain, pity and surprise>
#3869	Kannada	ayya	father	→	god	19
#3871	Tamil	accaṉ	father	—	grandfather	6
#3871	Tamil	accaṉ	father	—	grandfather	6
#543	Kannada	oḍal	body, belly, stomach	→	belly	57
#4092	Tamil	muṉ	front part, in front, previous, prior;	—	ancestor; antiquity, the past, former time; in front of.	452
#4093	Malayalam	anappu	fire, heat	—	sun	number 327, DED 277
#4095	Kui	ṭahi	stone (of a mango fruit)	—	kidney	2941
#4095	Telugu	ṭeṅka	the stone of the mango and other similar fruits	—	kidney	2941
#4096	Tamil	kuṇṭi	heart, kidney, roe of fish	—	heart, courage	number 1693
#3702	Telugu	annayya	elder brother	—	uncle (mother's brother)	14
#3703	Telugu	māma	uncle (mother's brother)	—	father-in-law	427
#4011	Tamil	accaṉ	father	—	mother	6
#2539	Telugu	pacca, paccana	yellow	—	green	342
#2539	Kannada	paci, paccu, paccane	yellowish colour	—	greenness	342
#3968	Kui	sīḍi	green	—	unripe	2635
#4011	Tamil	attaṉ	father	—	mother, mother's sister	15
#3580	Tamil	tāḷ	leg, foot	—	stem or stalk of corn, flowers, etc.	277
#1137	Telugu	pacca, paccana	green, yellow	→	young	342
#384	Kannada	kā (kād-), kāy (kād-/kāyd-), kāyi (kāyid-)	to watch, to guard etc.	→	to guard, take care of	132
#4080	Tamil	cōmāṟu	to be lazy	—	to be dull, idle, slothful	249
#4271	Telugu	kāru	black	—	season (of the year)	118
#34	Kurux	mennā (meńj-)	to hear / to listen	→	to obey	502
#1807	Tamil	pār (-pp-, -tt-)	to see, look at, examine	→	guard, custody	363
#624	Tamil	nōkku (nōkki-)	to see, look at, examine	→	eye, eyesight, look, appearance	339
#4274	Kurux	ērnā (īryas)	to look, look at, look after, examine	—	to spy, peep	86
#4274	Kurux	ērnā (īryas)	to look, look at, look after, examine	—	to spy, scout	86
#4275	Tamil	paṟṟu (paṟṟi-)	to grasp, seize	—	friendship, close relation, adhesion	359
#4276	Telugu	chellelu, chelli	younger sister	—	friend, playmate, companion	242
#3562	Kannada	karuḷ, karaḷu, karḷu, kaḷḷu	an entrail, the bowels	→	love	118
#4281	Telugu	illu (adj. iṇṭi)	house, dwelling	—	wife	48
#37	Tamil	pār-	to see/to look at	→	to wait	363
#984	Brahui	hunning (hur-, hutt-)	to see/to look at	→	to search, to look for	71
#984	Kurux	ērnā (īryas)	to see/to look at	→	to search, to look for	86
#2747	Tamil	pār	to see/to look at	→	to examine, inspect	363
#2747	Gondi	nāṛ-	to see/to look at	→	to seek, examine, investigate	321
#990	Malayalam	nōkkuka	to look at, view, observe	—	to intend	339
#383	Malayalam	nōkkuka	to see/to look at	→	fortune-telling	339
#990	Tamil	nōkku (v.)	to see/to look at	—	intention	339
#990	Kannada	nōḍu	to look, to look at	—	aim	339
#4287	Kui	māsi	sin	—	wrong	426
#1046	Telugu	peḍa	side (n.)	→	page	377
#4288	Telugu	ṟuvvu	to throw, fling, toss	—	speed, rapidity, fleetness	71
#4439	Kannada	mundu (muntu, munda)	the front part or side	—	future	452
#1503	Brahui	mōn	front part	—	beginning	452
#4440	Tulu	pacca	green, fresh	—	wet, damp	342
#5104	Tamil	koẓuntu	tenderness, tender leaf, twig etc.	—	husband	193
#5145	Kannada	aṇṇa (aṇa)	elder brother	→	affectionate mode of addressing boys	14
#5153	Kodagu	ayyë	uncle (father's brother)	—	grandfather	19
#5157	Kodagu	akkë	elder sister	—	cousin (female, parallel)	4
#5237	Tamil	koẓu	fat	→	husband	193
#5250	Telugu	akka	elder sister	—	grandfather (mother's father)	4
#5316	Parji	cālal	sister	—	companion, female friend	242
#5401	Tamil	appā	mother	—	father	15
#6741	Kannada	gaṇḍu	strength, manliness, bravery; the male sex, a male, man	—	male (of dogs and other animals, mostly wild; not of cats)	1173