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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *med-
Meaning : to be pounded or ground, be reduced to fine powder or paste; be trained or practised, be accustomed or habituated
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : medugu
Additional forms : Also meducu to grind, pound, reduce to fine powder or paste; medupu id., train, accustom, habituate; mēdincu to rub, grind
Number in DED : 4861
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-addition,telet-dednum,

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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *med-
Meaning : to step on, trample
Proto-South Dravidian: *med-i-
Proto-Telugu : *med-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *med- (?)
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-gnd,

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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *med-i-
Meaning : to tread on, step
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : miti (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning : to tread on, tread down, trample on, insult, dishonour, rush or dash against, attack as the door of a fort; n. treading, tread, step in a tank or well, treadle of a weaver's loom, food trampled and formed into a ball, walking, gait
Tamil derivates : mitiyal treading; (Koll.) meti to step on
Malayalam : meti
Malayalam meaning : treading on, treading out grain
Malayalam derivates : metikka to tread as loam, trample, thresh; metiyuka to be bruised; (Tiyya) motikkuva to trample
Kannada : midi
Kannada meaning : to pound, kill, destroy, rub, grind, triturate
Kannada derivates : midisu, middisu to cause to pound, have pounded
Kodagu : mey- (meyv-, meyñj-)
Kodagu meaning : (paddy) becomes well pounded or cleaned
Kodagu derivates : (meyp-, meyc-) to pound (paddy)
Tulu : medipuni, medupuni, medpuni
Tulu meaning : to clean by pounding as rice; full, mill
Number in DED : 4861
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *med- (?)
Meaning : to push (with foot)
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *med-
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-kui,

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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *med-
Meaning : to push with the foot
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : medali "to push"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : med- (-it-) "to put down foot"
Kuwi (Israel) : med- (-it-) "to put down foot"
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F metkali to jostle
Number in DED : 4861
kuiet-meaning,kuiet-prnum,kuiet-kuwi_f,kuiet-kuwi_su,kuiet-kuwi_isr,kuiet-addition,kuiet-dednum,

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