Notes :Tamil muṭṭu probably constitutes a separate root; at the best, it's contaminated with *muḍ- 'to contract' (?). The -o- vocalism in Kota is also irregular.
Number in DED :4938
Proto-South Dravidian :*munḍ-
Meaning :a k. of cloth, garment
Tamil :muṇṭu
Tamil meaning :a short-sized cloth
Malayalam :muṇṭu
Malayalam meaning :the short cloth of Kēraḷa men
Kannada :muṇḍu
Kannada meaning :short cloth used as a turban or as an undergirth cloth
Kodagu :muṇḍɨ
Kodagu meaning :waistcloth
Tulu :muṇḍu
Tulu meaning :small upper garment
Tulu derivates :muṇṇi the folds of a male's cloth
Tamil derivates :mun_inan_ one who dislikes or hates; mun_ivu anger, wrath, dislike, aversion, fatigue, suffering, endeavour; mun_ai (-v-, -nt-) to fight, be zealous, be deeply engaged, be angry with, dislike; (-pp-, -tt-) to attack, busy oneself with, be overweight; n. battle, fight, war, battlefield, enemy country, hatred, dislike, aversion, austerity, boldness, audacity; mun_aivu aversion, dislike, anger, wrath; muṇai (-v-, -nt-) to dislike, feel aversion to; n. aversion; muṇavu (muṇavi-) to dislike, feel aversion to, be angry; muṇaval anger
Malayalam :muniyuka
Malayalam meaning :to abhor (the world), be entranced, look sullen
Malayalam derivates :muni excited
Kannada :muni
Kannada meaning :to become angry or wrathful, manifest anger, be displeased; n. that becomes angry, anger
Kannada derivates :munipu, munisu anger, wrath, passion, rage, enmity; munisugār_a a passionate man; muniyisu to cause to become angry, irritate; mone affray, fight, battle; monegār_a a bold, courageous man
Tulu :munipu
Tulu meaning :anger, hatred
Tulu derivates :muniyuni to be in a passion, hate; munipuni to detest, hate; muŋguḍuni to be angry
Notes :Irregular vowel length in Tamil; possibly through contamination with *mūŋ- 'nose' ('mongoose' = 'the sniffing animal'?)
Number in DED :4900
Proto-South Dravidian :*muŋ-ai
Meaning :shoot, sprout
Kannada :muŋgɨ
Kannada meaning :(Bark.) sprout
Kannada derivates :(Hav.) muŋge sprout
Tulu :muŋgè
Tulu meaning :shoot, bud, sprout
Tulu derivates :(?) mūŋku the germ of corn
Miscellaneous :(?) KOR (T) mūŋku tender shoot
Notes :B & E join this with *mUḷ- 'to germinate; germ' (apparently, from *muḷ-ŋ-), but this has yet to be proved. Tulu and Koraga forms with long vowels are more probable to belong there (compensatory lengthening?).
Tamil meaning :roughness, unevenness, ruggedness, knob or knot as in timber, joint of the body, ill-temper, wildness, rudeness, obstinacy, largeness, bigness
Tamil derivates :muraṭan_ rude man, obstinate man; muraṭṭaṭi rough, rude, lawless, reckless behaviour; muraṇ (muraṇp-, muraṇṭ-) to be at variance, be opposed; n. variance, opposition, perversity, spite, hatred, fight, battle, strength, greatness, roughness, stubbornness, fierceness, a flaw in rubies; muraṇu (muraṇi-) to be at variance; muraṇar enemies; muraṇṭan_ cross-tempered, quarrelsome person, obstinate person, impatient person, hasty, impetuous person; muraṇṭu (muraṇṭi-) to be obstinate, opposed, cross-grained; n. persistence, obstinacy, opposition, disagreement, unyielding nature; murappu roughness; murampu mound of gravel or stone, mound, elevation, rock, rough hard ground; murarai hard, stout trunk of a tree; murippu hump of an ox; murivu greatness; muruṭan_ obstinate person, reckless person, ignorant, foolish person, hunter, rude person, savage; muruṭu coarseness, roughness, obstinacy, obdurateness, cruelty, knot in wood, stump, piece of wood, largeness; mūri hump; muṇṭu (muṇṭi-) to be unruly, refractory, attack vehemently; n. petulance, obstinacy, vehement attack, stupidity, knot as in a tree, bulging or protuberance (cf. 4988), joint of the body, hump; ? mūrkku obstinacy
Malayalam :muram
Malayalam meaning :roughness, rugged nature
Malayalam derivates :muraṭu the stump, foot, root of a tree; foot; muraṭan knotty, stubborn, saucy, refractory; muraṭuka to be knotty; muraṇ fight, strength; muruppu uneven touch, moss, inner side of skin or leather
Kannada :muruḍu, moraḍu
Kannada meaning :roughness, ruggedness, unevenness
Tulu meaning :a stone quarry, laterite stone; stony, hard, strong
Tulu derivates :muraḍi knotty; muruḍi, muruḍu roughness, coarseness; rough, coarse; murelụ thick part of a spade; murli quarrelsome woman; murle quarrelsome man; moraṇḍa, moraṇḍala, moraṇḍè swelling on any part of the body, induration of the skin
Tamil derivates :muralal sounding, confused noise, high pitch; muralvu soft sound as of a lute; muravam noise, reverberation, drum; murar_kai, murar_ci sound, song; murar_r_u (murar_r_i-) to make sound, cry; muraḷi flute, nose-flute; muracam, muracu drum, tambour, war drum; muravu, muruṭu drum
Malayalam :muraḷuka, muruḷuka
Malayalam meaning :to hum, grunt, growl
Malayalam derivates :muraḷi flute; muracu, murajam a small drum; morampuka dogs to snarl, men to hawk
Kannada :moraḷ
Kannada meaning :to hum, grunt, growl, buzz, howl
Kannada derivates :more to hum, buzz, sound, murmur, creak, gurgle, whizz, be noisy; cause to sound; n. humming, etc.; moraha, morahu, morehu humming, etc.; mure to hum, buzz, sound or play a lute, sound as a lute does
Tamil derivates :muruŋku (muruŋki-) to simmer [i. e. smoulder]; muruku (muruki-) to exceed the proper limit in heating (or with 5009); muruṭu firewood
Malayalam :moriyuva
Malayalam meaning :(Tiyya) to become roasted
Kannada :muruṇṭu
Kannada meaning :to cause to burn, kindle
Tulu :muripuni
Tulu meaning :to burn, consume (as firewood for culinary purposes)
Tulu derivates :muripāvuni to cause to burn; murlu kindling fire into a blaze; murluni a spark to be kindled into a blaze; murtelụ dry leaves, etc., used for kindling fire
