See weḷ on Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "veḷ",
"word": "வெள்"
},
{
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "veṇ",
"word": "வெண்"
},
{
"lang": "Malayalam",
"lang_code": "ml",
"roman": "veḷ",
"word": "വെൾ"
},
{
"lang": "Malayalam",
"lang_code": "ml",
"roman": "veṇ",
"word": "വെൺ"
},
{
"lang": "Kannada",
"lang_code": "kn",
"roman": "beḷu",
"word": "ಬೆಳು"
},
{
"lang": "Kannada",
"lang_code": "kn",
"roman": "beḷa",
"word": "ಬೆಳ"
},
{
"lang": "Telugu",
"lang_code": "te",
"roman": "velugu",
"word": "వెలుగు"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "*weṇ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dra-pro",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "*weḷ",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Dravidian",
"lang_code": "dra-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/weḷ",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Dravidian entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Dravidian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "veḷḷai",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "வெள்ளை"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "veḷḷa",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "വെള്ള"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "biḷi",
"tags": [
"Kannada"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "ಬಿಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "biḷi",
"translation": "white",
"word": "ಬಿಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "veli",
"tags": [
"Telugu"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "వెలి"
},
{
"roman": "vella",
"tags": [
"Telugu"
],
"word": "వెల్ల"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-ay"
},
{
"roman": "veṇmai",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"word": "வெண்மை"
},
{
"roman": "veṇma",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"word": "വെണ്മ"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-may"
},
{
"english": "silver, whiteness, venus, star",
"roman": "veḷḷi",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"translation": "silver, whiteness, venus, star",
"word": "வெள்ளி"
},
{
"english": "silver",
"roman": "veḷḷi",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"translation": "silver",
"word": "വെള്ളി"
},
{
"english": "silver",
"roman": "beḷḷi",
"tags": [
"Kannada"
],
"translation": "silver",
"word": "ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "star",
"roman": "boḷḷi",
"translation": "star",
"word": "ಬೊಳ್ಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "silver",
"roman": "boḷḷi",
"translation": "silver",
"word": "ಬೊಳ್ಳಿ"
},
{
"roman": "velli",
"tags": [
"Telugu"
],
"word": "వెల్లి"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-i"
},
{
"roman": "veḷḷam",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"word": "வெள்ளம்"
},
{
"english": "water",
"roman": "veḷḷaṁ",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"translation": "water",
"word": "വെള്ളം"
},
{
"english": "water",
"roman": "beḷḷaṁ",
"translation": "water",
"word": "ബെള്ളം"
},
{
"roman": "beḷḷa",
"tags": [
"Kannada"
],
"word": "ಬೆಳ್ಳ"
},
{
"roman": "boḷḷa",
"word": "ಬೊಳ್ಳ"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-am"
},
{
"english": "butter; see there for further descendants",
"translation": "butter; see there for further descendants",
"word": "weṇṇey"
}
],
"glosses": [
"white"
],
"id": "en-weḷ-dra-pro-noun-AY-pakRx",
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "weḷ"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "veḷḷai",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "வெள்ளை"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "veḷḷa",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "വെള്ള"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "biḷi",
"tags": [
"Kannada"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "ಬಿಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "biḷi",
"translation": "white",
"word": "ಬಿಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "white",
"roman": "veli",
"tags": [
"Telugu"
],
"translation": "white",
"word": "వెలి"
},
{
"roman": "vella",
"tags": [
"Telugu"
],
"word": "వెల్ల"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-ay"
},
{
"roman": "veṇmai",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"word": "வெண்மை"
},
{
"roman": "veṇma",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"word": "വെണ്മ"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-may"
},
{
"english": "silver, whiteness, venus, star",
"roman": "veḷḷi",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"translation": "silver, whiteness, venus, star",
"word": "வெள்ளி"
},
{
"english": "silver",
"roman": "veḷḷi",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"translation": "silver",
"word": "വെള്ളി"
},
{
"english": "silver",
"roman": "beḷḷi",
"tags": [
"Kannada"
],
"translation": "silver",
"word": "ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "star",
"roman": "boḷḷi",
"translation": "star",
"word": "ಬೊಳ್ಳಿ"
},
{
"english": "silver",
"roman": "boḷḷi",
"translation": "silver",
"word": "ಬೊಳ್ಳಿ"
},
{
"roman": "velli",
"tags": [
"Telugu"
],
"word": "వెల్లి"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-i"
},
{
"roman": "veḷḷam",
"tags": [
"Tamil"
],
"word": "வெள்ளம்"
},
{
"english": "water",
"roman": "veḷḷaṁ",
"tags": [
"Malayalam"
],
"translation": "water",
"word": "വെള്ളം"
},
{
"english": "water",
"roman": "beḷḷaṁ",
"translation": "water",
"word": "ബെള്ളം"
},
{
"roman": "beḷḷa",
"tags": [
"Kannada"
],
"word": "ಬೆಳ್ಳ"
},
{
"roman": "boḷḷa",
"word": "ಬೊಳ್ಳ"
},
{
"word": "weḷ-am"
},
{
"english": "butter; see there for further descendants",
"translation": "butter; see there for further descendants",
"word": "weṇṇey"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "veḷ",
"word": "வெள்"
},
{
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "veṇ",
"word": "வெண்"
},
{
"lang": "Malayalam",
"lang_code": "ml",
"roman": "veḷ",
"word": "വെൾ"
},
{
"lang": "Malayalam",
"lang_code": "ml",
"roman": "veṇ",
"word": "വെൺ"
},
{
"lang": "Kannada",
"lang_code": "kn",
"roman": "beḷu",
"word": "ಬೆಳು"
},
{
"lang": "Kannada",
"lang_code": "kn",
"roman": "beḷa",
"word": "ಬೆಳ"
},
{
"lang": "Telugu",
"lang_code": "te",
"roman": "velugu",
"word": "వెలుగు"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "*weṇ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dra-pro",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "*weḷ",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Dravidian",
"lang_code": "dra-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/weḷ",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"Proto-Dravidian entries with etymon",
"Proto-Dravidian entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Dravidian lemmas",
"Proto-Dravidian nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"white"
],
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "weḷ"
}
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