Tamil meaning :storied house, house, mansion, hall, hut
Tamil derivates :māṭi terrace; māḷikai palace, temple, mansion, house
Malayalam :māṭam
Malayalam meaning :house with an upper story
Malayalam derivates :māḷika an upper story; palace
Kannada :māḍa, māṭa, māḷa, māḷige
Kannada meaning :a large building, upstair house
Kannada derivates :māḍi upstair house, palace
Kodagu :māḍi
Kodagu meaning :upper story
Tulu :māḍụ
Tulu meaning :roof
Tulu derivates :māḍa shrine of a demon; māḷigè an upper story, a terraced roof; (B-K) māḷo a pandal-like erection with a platform to keep night-watch, usually in gardens and fields
Notes :The forms with -ḷ- are probably influenced by Indo-Arian forms (see B&E).
Tamil meaning :to hide, vanish, perish, be annihilated, terminated, die, become lustreless as the setting sun, forget
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to hide, kill, destroy, put an end to; māyccal, māyppu, māyvu death, hiding, vanishing; māccal dying; great suffering; laziness, sloth
Malayalam :māyuka
Malayalam meaning :to grow dim, vanish
Malayalam derivates :māccal vanishing, being blotted out, forgetfulness; māykka to efface, destroy
Kannada :māy
Kannada meaning :to be hidden, disappear, pass away
Kannada derivates :māyisu to cause to disappear; māya disappearance, vanishing; māju to cause to grow dim, cause to disappear, hide, conceal; n. hiding, dissimulation, deceit, fraud; māñju to conceal, suppress the truth; māñjisu to cause to grow dim or disappear
Kodagu :māyaN
Kodagu meaning :disappearance
Tulu :māyuni
Tulu meaning :to be extinguished, put out, evaporate as vapour or fumes, fall off of corn, etc., from being overripe
Tulu derivates :māya disappearance; māyaka, māyika vanishing, fleeting, passing away, disappearing; mājuni to wear away, become dim, be effaced, vanish; mājāvuni to hide, conceal, erase, wipe out, efface; māŋguni to disappear, vanish
Kannada derivates :māla, mālu sloping, slanting, slope, descent; mālisu to look obliquely, turn the eye and cast a look from the corner, bend to one side (as a post, etc.), behold for a long time
Tulu :māluni
Tulu meaning :to lean, incline, reel, stagger, totter
Tulu derivates :mālāvuni to make lean or incline, cause to lean; malave man with squint eyes; maleyuni, malevuni to frown, scowl, stare
Tamil meaning :to die, perish, be exhausted, expended or finished
Tamil derivates :māṭṭu (māṭṭi-) to kill, destroy, remove, cause to disappear; māṇṭār the dead; maṭku (maṭki-) to be dim, deprived of lustre, glory, or brilliance, lose strength, be destroyed
Kannada :māṇ
Kannada meaning :to stop, cease, subside, be laid aside, be got rid of, be checked or repressed, desist from, cease from, give over
Kannada derivates :māḷ to cease, etc.
Tulu :māṇāvuni, mānāvuni
Tulu meaning :to lessen, decrease, abate
Notes :Kannada and Tulu forms are derived by analogy with the past stem (*mānḍ-).
Number in DED :4831
Proto-South Dravidian :*māḷ-
Meaning :hole (of rats, snakes, etc.)
Malayalam :māḷam
Malayalam meaning :hole in earth, wood, of snakes, scorpions, etc.
Kannada :māḷi (Jēnu Kuruba dial., LSB 4.12)
Kannada meaning :rat's hole
Kodagu :māḷi
Kodagu meaning :long hole (e. g. of rat or jackal)