Proto-Nilgiri : *nāṇ-
Meaning : modest, shy
Kota : nāṇḍ- (nāṇḍy-) "to feel modesty before elder person"
Toda : nōṇ- (nōṇy-) "to be ashamed, be shy"
Additional forms : Also Kota kaṇāṇ(ḍ)- (kaṇāṇḍy-) to be modest, abashed, feel self-effacing (kaṇ eye + nāṇḍ-); kaṇāṇm (< kaṇ + nāṇm; obl. kaṇāṇt-) sense of shame; nāckm (obl. nāckt-) shame; Toda nōṇ, nōšky shame
Notes : Kota nāṇḍ- by analogy with the past stem (where -ṇḍy- regularly < *-ṇĭ-).
Number in DED : 3639
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Proto-South Dravidian : *nāṇ-
Meaning : shame
Tamil : nāṇ, nāṇmai
Tamil meaning : sense of shame, bashfulness, modesty
Tamil derivates : nāṇam shyness, coyness (as a feminine quality), bashfulness in certain relationships (as the mother-in-law towards her son-in-law, as a man in a gathering of women), embarrassment, delicate regard, esteem, respect, shame, sensitive dread of evil, shrinking as a sensitive plant to the touch, shying as a startled animal; nāṇu (nāṇi-) to be shy, feel bashful, embarrassed, be abashed, shrink back, feel repugnance or dislike; nāṇal feeling bashful, modest; nāṇi (-pp-, -tt-) to be shy, bashful; n. bashful person
Malayalam : nāṇam
Malayalam meaning : shame, feeling of honour, modesty, bashfulness, disgrace
Malayalam derivates : nāṇikka to be ashamed, bashful; nāṇippikka to make ashamed; nāṇuka to be ashamed
Kannada : nāṇ
Kannada meaning : bashfulness, sense of shame, embarrassment, shame, modesty; inherent excellence, grace; that is a cause of shame, an organ of generation
Kannada derivates : nāṇcu, nāñcu, nācu to become abashed, ashamed or embarrassed; caus. nāṇcisu, etc.; nāñcike, nācike, nācige bashfulness, sense of shame, shame, modesty, decorum, inherent excellencɛ, grace
Kodagu : ñāṇa
Kodagu meaning : shame
Tulu : nāṇu, nāṇa
Tulu meaning : nakedness, nudity, the buttocks
Tulu derivates : nācuni to blush, be ashamed; nācikè, nācigè shame, modesty, blushing
Number in DED : 3639
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