supar–a, n. a beautiful leaf (fr. su, ‘good’ and par–a, a leaf’), R.; having beautiful leaves, L.; having beautiful wings, RV.; m. any large bird or prey (as a vulture, eagle); also applicable to the sun or moon as ‘having beautiful rays’, and to Soma and clouds.

     The Intermediate demonstrative ‘u’ or ‘‡’, not only points to the person, place or thing in front of or opposite to the speaker, but also expresses the idea of height or altitude.

uka, to be high.

uka˜, to leap, bound, frisk, gambol.

uka˜i, to jump up, spring.

ucci, the crown of the head, zenith, mid-day when the sun is in the      zenith, top, summit of a mountain.

uttaram, overhead beam of the roof.

umbar, adj. and adv., above, over. n. height, elevation, the sky, the visible heaven, the celestials.

umbal, an elephant, lit. ‘that which is tall or grows to a great height.’

uyar, to become high or tall.

uva–, the high place, the sky, the heaven.

uvaccar, a priest who praises or exalts a deity.

uvar, saline soil, which swells or rises up.

unnu, to spring up.

uva– gives rise to the following derivatives:

uva–ai, the high place, the heaven.

uva–am, altitude, the sky, a kite or garuda which flies high up in the sky.

uva–an, the kite or garuda.

uva–am, becomes suva-am by a prosthetic process and denotes the kite or garuda, This suva–am is verily the original of the Sanskrit supar–a.

Cf:  udai >  šudai, a milk-cow that kicks.
    urui >    šuru˜, to coil.
    ulai > šul_al, to rotate.
    ulavu > šulavu, to move round.