Sanskrit kūpa (35)
According to Monier-Williams’ A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Sanskrit word kūpa means “a pit, well, a post to which a boat or ship is moored, and a mast.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root kappal, through the transformation of kappal > kūpa. The following words, related to Sanskrit kūpa, also originate from Tamil kappu.
kūpa-kacchapa, “a tortoise in a well.” kūpa-kandara, “name of a man.” kūpakarṇa, “name of a man.” kūpakāra, “a well-digger.” kūpakūrma, “equal to kūpa-kacchapa.” kūpakhā, “a well-digger.” kūpakhānaka, “a well-digger.” kūpa-cakra, “a wheel for raising water from a well.” kūpaja, “produced from pores, hair.” kūpa-jala, “well-water, spring-water.” kūpa-dardura, “equal to kūpa-kacchapa.” kūpa-maṇḍūka, “equal to kūpa-kacchapa.” kūpa-rājya, “name of a country.” kūpa-ṡaya, “hidden in a well.” kūpâṅka, “bristling or erection of the hairs of the body.” kūpôdaka, “well-water.” kūpaka, “a hole, hollow, cave; the hollow below the loins, a pore; a small well; a hole dug for water in the dry bed of a rivulet.” kūpāya and kūpāyate, “to become a well.” kūpya, “being in a hole or well.” kaupa, “coming from a well or cistern; well-water.” kaupya, “coming from a well.” upa-kūpa, “a small well; near a well.” kūpāya-jalâṡaya, “a trough near a well for watering cattle.” kandarpa-kūpa, “a well of love.” gaṇḍa-kūpa, “the tableland of a mountain.” jalá-kūpī, “a spring, well; a pond; a whirlpool.” tunda-kūpikāpī, “belly-cavity, the navel.” dīpa-kūpī, “the wick of a lamp.” prati-kūpa, “a moat, ditch.” maha-kūpa, “a deep well.” andhá-kūpa, “a well of which the mouth is hidden; a well over-grown with plants.” smara-kūpaka or smarakūpikā, “well of love, the female organ.”