Tamil meaning :way, road, path; religion, precept, rule, principle, path of virtue, righteousness, style of poetic composition, order, row, series, line, lineage, method, means
Tamil derivates :ner_imai rule, rectitude, honesty; usage, literary usage
Tamil meaning :to be wavy, curly (as the hair of a person)
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to contract (as the brows in anger), curl in ringlets (as hair); n. bend, curve, turning of the road, curliness of hair; ner_ippu knitting of the brows
Malayalam :ñer_i
Malayalam meaning :fold, tuck
Malayalam derivates :ñer_iyuka to tuck or fold a cloth, esp. as for idols; wrinkle, frown; ner_ivu folded front of a Musulman's gown
Kannada meaning :foldings, folds of a garment, as of a dōtra or sīre, to be tucked into the waistband in front, plaits or folds made by drawing a thread through cloth, gathers
Tulu :neri, nerige
Tulu meaning :a fold or gather in clothes, wrinkle, crease
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to be long (as time), continue (as rain), become tall; neṭumai length, extension, tallness, height as of a person or tree, continuation, protraction, greatness, boundlessness, excessiveness, depth; neṭi (-pp-, -tt-) to make delay; neṭitu after a long delay; neṭippu long time; neṭiyōn_ tall person, great person, Viṣṇu; neṭil length, long vowel, that which is great or excessive; neṭukku length, as of a wall; neṭuka lengthwise, longitudinally, straight on, continuously; neṭuku (neṭuki-) to extend, be lengthened, grow tall, high or long, be protracted, delayed; neṭuppam length, height; neṭuman_ anything long; neṭumi tall woman, tall tree (as palm-tree); neṭṭa-neṭumai great length, excessive tallness or height; neṭṭam tallness, length; neṭṭāŋku lengthiness; neṭṭāyam stretchers, piling up bricks perpendicularly or upright; neṭṭu length, tallness, long distance, extent, as of the breadth of a pial; neṭṭai tallness
Malayalam :neṭu
Malayalam meaning :long
Malayalam derivates :neṭukkam tallness; neṭuŋkan tall; neṭuppu, neṭuppam length, height; neṭumpu pride; neṭumpan arrogant; neṭuman tall man; neṭuma, neṭumānam tallness; neṭṭan tall man; neṭṭāyam a straight part in a river; a stretcher (brick or stone); niṭu long, tall, straight; niṭiyōn tall person; niṭuppam tallness; niṭṭal, niṭṭaŋ-kāl shin
Kannada :niḍu, niṭṭu
Kannada meaning :state of being drawn out in length, stretched or extended, that of being long, length, that of being tall, extensiveness, greatness, bigness
Kannada derivates :niṭṭ-eluvu backbone; niḍidu that which is extended, long, etc., length, etc.
Tulu :niḍi
Tulu meaning :straight, high, lofty
Tulu derivates :niḍu long, tall, high; niḍuppa tallness, length; niṭṭ-usurụ a deep sigh; neḍi long
Notes :The forms with the long vowel (nīṭ-) may be borrowings from Marathi nīṭ 'straight'; as for the other irregular variants, Tamil naṭṭam is probably influenced by *naḍ- 'to fix, plant', while forms with -i- have contaminated with *nil- 'to stand'.
Number in DED :3739
Proto-South Dravidian :*neṭil-
Meaning :bamboo
Tamil :neṭṭil, neṭil
Tamil meaning :a bamboo
Tulu :neḍilụ
Tulu meaning :a kind of bush
Notes :Unclear variations of the inlaut consonant.
Number in DED :3740
Proto-South Dravidian :*neǯ-i
Meaning :gums
Kannada :nedi
Kannada meaning :(Hav.) gums (of teeth)
Kannada derivates :(Gowda, Dr. Ling.) niji gums (of teeth)
Tamil meaning :to hang, decline, descend (as the sun)
Tamil derivates :ñār_r_u (ñār_r_i-) to hang up, suspend; nāl (nālv-, nān_r_-) to hang, swing, be suspended, hung up, hang oneself; nār_r_u (nār_r_i-) to hang, suspend, hang a person; nār_ci hanging
Malayalam :ñāluka
Malayalam meaning :to hang, swing
Malayalam derivates :ñāli suspended; a hanging tendril of the pepper or betel vine, the common betel vine; ornament for a sword hilt; ñēluka to hang as an ornament, be dejected; ñēr_r_uka, ñēttuka to let dangle (as a tassel); ñēr_r_am, ñēttam ornamental hangings
Kannada :nēl
Kannada meaning :to be suspended, hang, swing, dangle
Kannada derivates :nēlisu to suspend; nelahu network for suspending things; ēlu to hang, dangle; ner_al to hang down motionless or powerless, faint; ner_e to hang down, be suspended; ner_i to suspend; (K2) nēr_u to hang
Kodagu :nēr- (nēruv-, nēnd-)
Kodagu meaning :to hang (intr.)
Kodagu derivates :nēt- (nēti-) to hang (tr.); nēle, nēle kērɨ rope over which clothes are hung, pair of ropes with loops in which to hang gun or cradle (kērɨ rope)
Tulu :nēluni
Tulu meaning :to hang, be suspended, swing, vibrate, hang on, stick
Tulu derivates :nēlike hanging, swinging; nēlāvuni to hang, suspend; nelpuni to be hung, suspended; nelpuḍuni to hang (tr.); nētāṭa hanging, swinging; nētāḍuni to be pendent, hang, swing; nēla, nēlaŋgụ a hanging rope
Tamil meaning :to meet, approach, come near to, obtain, agree, consent, resemble, equal, be fit, appropriate, seize, take hold of, grant, bestow, happen, occur, transpire, appear, come to view, oppose, resist, encounter, attack, consecrate, dedicate, resolve, take a vow, entreat, pray
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to resemble, equal, oppose, resist, encounter, attack; n. resemblance, similarity, comparison, agreement, consent, settlement, opposition; nērcci adaptation, fitness, appropriateness, consent, agreement, harmony, vow, friendliness, amity, love; nērtti vow; nēr-paṭu to meet, be in conjunction with (as planets), occur, be appropriate, worthy, fall in one's way, appear, come in front, meet, be in harmony or on good terms, learn well; nēr-pāṭu chance, occurrence, means, method, consent, compliance; nērpu meeting, occurrence, happening; nērmai harmony, agreement; nērvu happening, consent, giving, soliciting, opposing, fighting; nēra a particle of comparison; neri (-v-, -nt-) to be crowded together; (-pp-, -tt-) to approach; neruŋku (neruŋki-) to be near, approximate, be close together, crowd, be close as a relationship or connexion, approach, go near; nerukkam nearness, closeness; nerukku (nerukki-) to set thick; nirai (-v-, -nt-) to crowd, swarm; make full, crowd; (-pp-, -tt-) to crowd, cluster, swarm, crowd together, form an assembly; n. collection, pack, herd
Malayalam :nēr
Malayalam meaning :what is even or like, agreement
Malayalam derivates :nēralar enemies; nēr-iṭuka to face, meet, oppose; nēruka to agree, vow; nērcca, nērvu vow; nērkka to meet in fight
Kannada :nēr
Kannada meaning :to accord, agree, yield assent, agree to
Kannada derivates :nere to join, be united, come together, assemble, associate with, have sexual intercourse with; n. adjoining, proximity, neighbourhood, union, company; nera, neravu, nerevu being next to, nearness, joining, assistance; neravi, neravu union, mass, meeting, crowd, multitude, flock; nerapu, nerahu, nerayisu, nerasu, nerepu, nerevu to bring or put together, join, collect; nerpu, neppu a place of coming together
Kodagu :nera mane
Kodagu meaning :neighbouring house
Tulu :neriyuni, nerevuni
Tulu meaning :to assemble, be attached, be in coitu
