Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary
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   1) ūṟu (ūṟi-) ūṟu (ūṟi-) (p. 74)

761 Ta. ūṟu (ūṟi-) to spring, flow (as water in a well), issue, ooze, percolate, soak, be steeped, gather (as milk in the breast, toddy in palm flowers), water (as the mouth); ūṟal small spring, spring-water, oozing, percolation, juice extracted by squeezing; ūṟṟu (ūṟṟi-) to pour out, cause to flow, spill, pour out, cast away as useless, empty or clear (as a vessel of its contents), extract (as oil from castor seeds by boiling them); n. flowing, gushing forth (blood from an artery, milk from the udder, pouring of rut from a must elephant), spring, fountain, moisture oozing from the ground; ? ūṭṭi rain; uṟai (-pp-, -tt-) to drop (as rain), form (as dew); n. leaking, drop of water, rain; uṟavi spring, fountain; uvaṟu (uvaṟi-) to spring up, well up; uvaṟṟu (uvaṟṟi-) to cause to swell up; to flow; uvaṉṟi fountain, head of water. Ma. ūṟuka to spring, ooze, (mouth) waters; ūṟal, ūṟu, ūṟṟu sediment, lees, dregs, precipitate; ūṟṟuka to pour out carefully, strain, filter; ūṟṟi eṭukka to take butter out of buttermilk, oil from the water in which oilseeds were boiled; uṟakka to spring, ooze out; uṟavu, uṟava, uṟṟu fountain, spring; uṟekka to pour gently; uṟṟikka to dribble; uṟṟal a drop; ? uṭṭam eṭukka water to come up as in well-watered fields; oṟṟuka to drip; oṟṟikkuka to dribble, let fall in drops. To. u·ṟ- (u·ṟy-) to spring forth, be filtered, ooze; u·ṯ- (u·ṯy-) to drain, filter. Ka. ūṟu to spring as water, ooze, leak out, be soaked, steeped; ūṟisu to steep, soak; ūṭe a natural spring of water; oṟe to ooze, ooze out, spring, drip; oṟate a spring, hole dug in dry bed of a stream where water oozes in; oṟale oozing; oṟavu a spring; ojjara, vajjara, vajjarakke a spring, fountain; osar to ooze, trickle; let ooze out; n. oozing, etc.; ? ubbe rain. Koḍ. utt- (utti-) to ooze. Tu. ūjuni, ūsuni to ooze; ūselů oozing, filthy; ūṭi a spring, fountain; uja fountain, spring; uje-pattuni to ooze, percolate, trickle; ugguni to spirt; uggelů a well (or with 1010 Ta. or̤uku); oraka a watery place; voratè source, spring, fountain; osaruni to ooze, leak; osarů spring, fountain. Te. ūru to spring, ooze, exude, leak out, be soaked, steeped, become moist with oozing water; ūrincu to make another's mouth water, tempt, tantalize; ūṭa natural spring or fountain of water, juice, sap, damp; juicy, full of sap, abounding in springs; ūṭu moisture caused by rain; ūḍu konu to become moist; uṟiyu to leak (as a roof), drop through; uṟupu leaking, leakage, leakiness; uṭṭu to ooze, trickle, flow. Kol. u·r- (u·rt-) (house) leaks. Nk. ūr- to leak, drip. Ga. (S.3) ūr-ēr- to ooze. Go. (Tr.) ūsā a flood, spate; ūsānā to drip or water (of the eyes); (ASu.) ūs- (milk) to overflow; ūsā flow of water, flood; (LuS.) hoogoo a spring of water. Konḍa (BB) ūsa spring. Kui urpa (urt-) to ooze, spring up, sweat; n. state of sweating. Kuwi (S.) ūta spring, fountain; ūtha ēyu spring water. Malt. orbe to fall in showers. DED(S, N) 648.