Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary
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   1) ūtu (ūti-) ūtu (ūti-) (p. 72)

741 Ta. ūtu (ūti-) to blow (as a wind instrument, a fire), blow out (as a lamp), blow or breathe upon to allay pain, refine with fire (as gold); be inflated, swell (as the stomach after eating), blow with bellows or blow-pipe; n. trumpet (esp. toy trumpet), musical pipe; ūtal cold wind, swelling, toy trumpet, small pipe; ūtai wind, gale, cold wind; ūttam swelling, puffing up of the limbs or body; ūttu blowing a musical instrument, sound of a wind instrument, swelling of body; uti (-pp-, -tt-) to swell, increase in size (or with DBIA 44); (Devanesan) ūti a wind instrument. Ma. ūtuka to blow (as fire, wind instrument), hiss, be puffed up, swell; ūttu blowing, hissing, swelling, greatness; uti a metalworker's bellows; utikkuka to hiss, puff (as a snake); utippu hissing. Ko. u·d- (u·yd-) to become swollen, bloated. Ka. ūdu to blow, purify or refine metal with the blow-pipe, become inflated, be puffed up, swell, be distended; n. blowing, swelling, swollen state; ūdalu, ūdike blowing, swelling; ūdisu to cause to blow, cause to refine metal with the blow pipe, cause to swell; ūbu to blow; (Hav.) ūpu to blow. Tu. ūduni to blow (as a pipe), swell. Te. ūdu to blow (a fire) with the mouth or with bellows, blow out or extinguish, purify or refine (metal) with the blow-pipe, blow or sound (a wind instrument), be swollen; n. a swelling tumour; ū̃ḋa swelling of any part of the body, esp. the belly; ū̃dincu to cause to be purified or refined (as a metal); ūpiri breath, respiration. Kol. (SR.) ūnd-, unḍ-, (Kin.) ūnd- to blow. Nk. ūnd- id. Nk. (Ch.) ūnd- (ūnt-) id. Pa. ū̃d- id. Ga. (S.P.) ūnd- id. Go. (Ko.) ūd-, (M.) udānā to blow, play a flute (Voc. 313); (Tr.) uhukānā, (Pat.) uhakāna, (W.) ūhkānā to puff at, blow, blow a fire. Konḍa ūk- (-t-) to blow or play (on a pipe, flute, etc.), blow air through the mouth; ūpri breath, life. Pe. ūkuṛ breath. Manḍ. ūk- (-t-) to kindle fire by blowing. Kui ūkuṛi breath, respiration; ūkoṛi breath. Kuwi (F.) ūkali, (Su. Isr.) ūk- (-it-) to blow; (F.) ūkori steam; (Su.) ūkori, (Isr.) ūkˀ oṛi breath, steam; ? (S.) hūtinai to kindle. Cf. 645 Ta. uy and 751 Ma. ūrkkuka. DED(S) 638.

   2) ūtu (ūti-) ūtu (ūti-) (p. 73)

742 Ta. ūtu (ūti-) to gnaw through and bore holes (as a beetle or moth). Kur. utᵘgnā to sting, (water) to be piercingly cold, rouse one against a third person; (Hahn) utgā sting; (Pfeiffer). Malt. uthke to bore a hole; uthkre to be bored through; uthkro bored, a hole. DEDS(N) 88.