Malayalam meaning :strength, vigour, insolence, presumption
Malayalam derivates :muṣkan stout, stubborn, violent; muṣkaram strength, power; muṣkaran strong, self-willed; mukkaḷam fullness of blood, turgid, well-fed, wanton state
Kannada :muṣkara
Kannada meaning :pertinaciousness, stubbornness, obstinacy, insolence
Tulu :muskụ
Tulu meaning :disregard, disrespect
Tulu derivates :mukkuḍa stout, robust
Notes :Strange root; B & E put it together with *mur_-[uk-] 'proud, arrogant', but this is phonetically unprobable.
Number in DED :5011
Proto-South Dravidian :*mut-
Meaning :pearl; tear, drop
Tamil :muttu
Tamil meaning :pearl, tear, castor-bean, oil-seed (as castor, rape etc.), succulent seed of pomegranate, a goldsmith's weight, seeds or shells, etc., used in games, that which is excellent or praiseworthy
Tamil derivates :muttam pearl, castor-bean, a superior quality of emerald; (?) muruntu pearl
Tamil meaning :to become mature, ripen, be fully grown, be advanced in age, abound, increase, become hardened as the core of a tree, be fulfilled (as one's desire), come to an end, be finished, die; complete (tr.), finish, destroy, kill; n. perfection, completeness, that which is complete, ripeness, maturity, end, termination
Tamil derivates :mur_r_ukai completion; mur_r_um wholly, entirely, all; mur_r_a entirely, fully; mur_r_al maturing, anything that is fully grown or developed, hardness (as of the core of a tree), fruit almost ripe, completing, ending, strength, old age; mur_r_i (-pp-, -tt-) to complete, finish; mur_r_imai mature wisdom; mur_r_-avai grandmother; mur_uku (mur_uki-), muruku (muruki-) to ripen
Kannada meaning :to enclose, cover, settle upon (as flies, etc.), environ, encompass, surround, hem or shut in, besiege, drive into straits, attack, swarm or crowd together (as bees), throng
Tamil meaning :to dash against, butt, oppose, meet, assault, attack, fight; n. battering, butting
Tamil derivates :muṭṭikai jeweller's small hammer
Malayalam :muṭṭu
Malayalam meaning :knocking, tapping, butting, dunning
Malayalam derivates :muṭṭuka to dash against, knock, tap, butt, strike as a bell or clock; muṭṭikka to press, harass, make to hit, knock, dash, etc.; muṭṭi hammer
Kannada :moṭṭu
Kannada meaning :to rap the head (of another) with the knuckles of the fist; n. a rap with the knuckles of the fist
Notes :Kannada moṭṭu by analogy with mōdu 'to strike, hit'.
Number in DED :4932
Proto-South Dravidian :*muṭ-
Meaning :to hinder, impede, stop
Tamil :muṭṭu (muṭṭi-)
Tamil meaning :to hinder, be hindered, prevented; n. hindrance, obstacle, impediment, difficulty as in passing, prop, support
Tamil derivates :muṭakku (muṭakki-) to prevent, hinder; n. hindrance, delay; muṭakkam restraint, hindrance; muṭukkaṭi hindrance, objection, thwarting, straits, difficulties; muṭaŋku (muṭaŋki-) to be hindered, frustrated
Malayalam :muṭṭu
Malayalam meaning :impediment, stoppage
Malayalam derivates :muṭṭuka to be hindered, stopped; muṭṭikka to stop, hinder, block up; muṭaŋŋuka to be hindered, obstructed; muṭakkam hindrance, stop, suspension; muṭakku prohibition, suspension; muṭakkuka to stop, impede, arrest, forbid
Kannada :muṭṭu
Kannada meaning :impediment, hindrance, stoppage; prop, stay
Kannada meaning :to touch, come in contact with, reach, arrive; be laid out, be expended or used as money; n. touching, touch, contact, defilement by contact, menses, lochia
Kannada derivates :muṭṭayisu to touch, reach; muṭṭal, muṭṭale, muṭṭave, muṭṭil, muṭlu touch, contact, menses, impurity from childbirth; muṭṭisu to cause to touch, convey, cause to reach, deliver, expend; muṭṭuvaḷi expenses, outlay; muṭṭuvike, muṭṭuha touching, touch, contact
Tulu :muṭṭuni
Tulu meaning :to touch, attain, reach, arrive, come to hand, cost
Tulu derivates :muṭṭu touching, touch, contact; menstruation, ceremonial uncleanliness; muṭṭāvuni to cause to touch, accompany to one's destination, cause to reach, deliver; muṭṭa proximity, nearness; near; muṭṭadāye a relation, man with whom one can associate; fem. muṭṭadāḷụ; muṭṭuvaḷi, muṭṭoḷi expense, cost
Tamil derivates :muṭṭu-ppaṭu to be pressed, perplexed, be in difficulty or extremity as one beset by creditors; muṭṭu-ppāṭu dilemma, need, want, trouble, distress, evil
Malayalam :muṭṭu
Malayalam meaning :being nonplussed, perplexity, want
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to be whole, entire; muẓukka, muẓuka wholly, entirely, altogether, completely; muẓucu entirety, whole; muẓutta fully developed; muẓutu all, whole, entirety; muẓutum, muẓuttum wholly, entirely; muẓuntu entireness; muẓumai id., completion, perfection; great size; muẓuvatu(m) all, whole; wholly
Malayalam :muẓu
Malayalam meaning :whole, entire
Malayalam derivates :muẓukka to grow thick, big; muẓukku bigness; muẓuppu completion, size, thickness, thronged state; muẓuppikka to bring to the highest degree, condense, make bulky; muẓutu, muẓuvan whole, entire; muẓuvāḷ a complete man
