Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *mur-

Meaning : to break

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kinwat Kolami : murk- "to split (wood)"

Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : murk-

Naikri : mur- "to break (intr.)"

Additional forms : Also Naiki murk- to break (tr.); murnḍe a quarter (of bread)

Number in DED : 4975

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *mūr-

Meaning : to break, tear

Proto-South Dravidian: *mūr-

Proto-Telugu : *mur-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *mur-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *mur[u]-

Proto-North Dravidian : *mur-c-/-k-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *mūr-

Meaning : to break; to cut off

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : muravu

Tamil meaning : break, broken condition as of the mouth of a pot

Tamil derivates : muri (-v-, -nt-) to break off, snap off, perish, be ruined, be scattered, go wrong, be defeated, separate, leave, lose one's position; (-pp-, -tt-) to break off (tr.), snap off, ruin, defeat; n. piece, bit broken off, scratch, blemish; murippu breaking, bruising, cracking; muriyal bit, fragment, that which is brittle; murivu breaking, snapping, leaving, separation; murukku (murukki-) to destroy, crush, ruin, kill, break in pieces, dissolve; n. killing; muruŋku (muruŋki-) to perish, be destroyed, break; mūri a bit, part

Malayalam : mūruka

Malayalam meaning : to cut, cut up (a hog, etc.), reap

Kodagu : muri- (murip-, muric-)

Kodagu meaning : to make a cut

Tulu : muri

Tulu meaning : an incision or notch

Tulu derivates : murku fragment, piece, bit; mūruni to mince, cut up (as vegetables)

Proto-Nilgiri : *murĭ-

Number in DED : 4975

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *murĭ-

Meaning : to break

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mury- (murc-) "to break (stick-like thing; intr., tr.), indent (neck in throwing pot)"

Toda : müry- (mürs-) "to break in two (stick; intr.)"

Additional forms : Also Kota mury small piece, small crack in iron of tool; Toda müry- (mürc-) to break in two (tr.)

Number in DED : 4975

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *mur-

Meaning : a bit, piece

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : muri

Dialectal forms (1) : muriya

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : bruncu "to kill"

Additional forms : Also muri-konu to cut; muriyu to break; mukka piece, bit, fragment, part; bruyyu to be destroyed, perish; bruŋgu to die

Number in DED : 4975

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *mur[u]-

Meaning : to cut, tear

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *mur-

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mur(u)-

Notes : Since the PK form is not certain, the base is only probably bisyllabic.

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *mur-

Meaning : to cut (horizontally)

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : mur-

Number in DED : 4975

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mur(u)-

Meaning : to snap off; small piece

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : mroku inba "to snap off, be broken off"

Sunkarametta Kuwi : muka (pl. -ŋa) "crumb(s)"

Kuwi (Israel) : muka "small piece, e. g. meat, cloth, pot, etc."

Additional forms : Also Kui mrunga (mrungi-) to be torn; mrunga vīpka to break away from a torn part; mrupka (< mruk-p-; mrukt-) to tear, murder, kill; n. tearing, murder; mrūva (mrūt-) to die (balance word of sāva); ? muṛpa (muṛt-) to split wood

Notes : The bisyllabic base accounts for verbal forms in Kui. However, all Kuwi forms are borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 4975

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mur-c-/-k-

Meaning : to twist; to cut up

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : murcnā "to twist and break"

Malto : murke "to cut into bits, cut across, cross (as a river)"

Additional forms : Also KUR murcrnā to get broken, not to come off or out entire; murUknā to abscind, amputate, cut in twain by hacking, cut in small pieces, damage by cutting off a part, mangle, mutilate; MLT murkre to be cut to pieces

Number in DED : 4975

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