54. bhlag = strike (JS-41).

The DR. seed-word of this IE root shows a nasal form; in Kannada palanku denotes: to strike (4011-Ka). Another form is paiyali which denotes: to hit, kill (4044-Kuwi). In Latin pello denotes: to strike, beat (Ltc.430), and in DR. puyal = puyyal = payil denote: striking, beating (4534-Ka).

55. bhreg, bhrei = rub, prick, break (JS-41); bhrei = to cut (Pei-118).

Pei suspects that Anglo-Saxon priccian which has yielded prick, prickle, prig, etc., is descended from this root, but points out that bh should have become b in Germanic and not p as in priccian. This picture is enlightened by the fact that in DR. there are words such as bringi brangi = broken up [[note that JS defines this root as break]] (5411-Kui); and birchu = to become broken (5411-Ka), which begin with b, and there are also words which begin with p, such as pari = to break off (4027-Ka); para han- = to break (3854-Go); puruka = to break off (4152-Kui); pirikka = to sever (4176-Ma); p(r)elu = to break (4194-Te); perugu = to break (4414-Te); pirghing = to break (4176-Br); pori = to break (4560-Tu). Note in the same group 4560 poduchu = to pierce, prick, stab, thrust, bore, penetrate (4560-Te)). As regards the meaning rub of this IE root, pirattuka = to rub as ointment (4285-Ma); pramu = to rub, scrub, scour (4608-Te); pari = to cut assunder, break off (3962(a)-Ta).

56. bhreus = swell (JS-42).

This IE root has its DR. seed-word in paru = to swell, become large, plump (3972-Ta). The English word breast is derived from this root. Here, note that in DR. bora denotes: breast (4592-Te).

57. bhudh = bottom (JS-42).

The DR. seed-words with which this IE root is fused are buda = the bottom or lowest part of anything, the place or side underneath the lowest side, the foot of a tree (KTK-1130); pitanku = bottom (4146-Ta). As is well known the buttock is sometimes referred to as the bottom, in such statements as "sit your bottom (butt) down!" Here, note that in DR. puda = anus (4379-Tu). Note also a nasal form pundu = buttocks, anus, bottom of a vessel (Br).

58. ?bomb =imitative of the humming of insects (JS-44).

This IE root is in such DR. words as bum pindake = bumble bee (4345-Ga). Note that pind is in DR. words which denote various types of insects. For instance, pinda = ant (4169-Nk(Ch)); pinde = insect, fly (Ga); pindake = fly (Ga); timuk pindake = a kind of bee (Ga). Note here that in Kannada the colloquial expression bov which is pronounced nasally as bomv precisely denotes imitation of the sound of the flying of insects such as the bee or fly. Notice again how the DR. colloquial words which have not been included in the DR. dictionaries but which are uttered even by Dravidian children have performed as root-words in Indo-European.

59. ?borbor = partly imitative (JS-44).

It is not surprising that JS points out that this IE root is imitative and that he also refers us here to another IE root perd = fart. The DR. seed-word of this root ?borbor is bura = imitation of the sound produced by breaking wind (4329-Ka). Note that the fact that JS-44 connects ?borbor with perd shows correspondence between initial b and initial p, which is is also shown by another related word in Dravidian which is pire = buttock. This points out that the imitative sense denoted here has its foundation in a word which denotes a connected meaning in Dravidian. This is not accidental because a number of Dravidian words which denote imitative sense have their basis in actual words which denote related meanings.

60. braghu, mreghu = the upper arm (JS-44).