Tamil derivates :malar (-v-, -nt-) to abound, become full; mali (-v-, -nt-) to abound, be plentiful, be full, increase, be proud, become large, swell, spread, expand; malipu excess, abundance; malir (-v-, -nt-) to flood, come frequently; malivu abundance, fullness, cheerfulness; malku (malki-) to increase, abound, grow, flourish; mallal strength, abundance, wealth, fertility, richness, elegance, brilliance, beauty; mallai richness, fertility, greatness
Malayalam :malika
Malayalam meaning :to abound, overflow
Malayalam derivates :malekka to grow thick, swell; malka to abound
Kannada :male
Kannada meaning :to be raised or elevated, be haughty, be puffed up, insolent, act in an overbearing manner
Kannada derivates :malya great, big, chief, principal; mallaḷi a large concourse, crowd; (PBh.) mammala, malamala excessively
Tulu :malla, mallavu, mallāvu
Tulu meaning :great, large, big, extensive, chief, principal, important, loud
Tulu derivates :mallastigè, mallādigè greatness, superiority, loftiness, pride; mallāye a man senior in age, rich man, grown-up man; fem. mallāḷụ
Kannada meaning :to strive and struggle for the retention or obtainment of things
Kannada derivates :mallāṭa mutual strife or struggle for; malla wrestler, boxer by profession, very strong man, athlete (one of the tatsamas); mallā-malli pugilistic encounter
Tamil meaning :to be agitated, turbid, confused, shake, move, tremble (as the eyes), perish
Tamil derivates :malakku (malakki-) to bewilder, disturb, confuse; malakkam confusion of the mind, distress, bewilderment; malai (-v-, -nt-) to be staggered, be doubtful or confused; (-pp-, -tt-) id., be amazed; afflict, distress; malaippu confusion of mind, astonishment, amazement; malaivu delusion, confusion of mind, amazement, fright; milai (-pp-, -tt-) to be bewildered
Malayalam :malekka
Malayalam meaning :to grow thick or muddy, be perturbed, perplexed
Malayalam derivates :maleppu perplexity, wonder
Kannada :mallaṇi, mallaẓi
Kannada meaning :bodily agitation, bewilderment, fear, amazement
Tamil meaning :sterility, barrenness as of women; sterile person or animal
Tamil derivates :malaṭan_ sterile man; malaṭi barren woman
Malayalam :malaṭi
Malayalam meaning :(Kauṭ.) malaṭi barren woman
Tulu :maraḍụ, maraḍu
Tulu meaning :barrenness, sterility; barren
Number in DED :4738
Proto-South Dravidian :*malag-
Meaning :a k. of necklace
Kannada :malaku
Kannada meaning :a round ornament of glass beads and coral or pearls strung upon a thread, so that each bead, etc., is separated by a knot, worn by females on the head; a kind of necklace
Tulu :malakụ
Tulu meaning :a kind of necklace
Number in DED :4733
Proto-South Dravidian :*mal-ai-
Meaning :to oppose, fight against
Tamil :malai (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning :to oppose, fight against, wrangle, dispute
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to fight, go to war, become unfriendly; n. occupation of war; malaippu fighting, war, enmity, opposition; malaivu opposition, contention
Kannada :male
Kannada meaning :to oppose, fight against, contend with, be refractory; (K2) n. overbearing conduct
Notes :Tulu form not quite clear. Maybe it originates from *malaŋ- + *-ǯi (although the suffix is strange). Anyway, it deserves to be compared with PG *malanǯ; maybe the base dates from Proto-Dravidian. Again, the possibility of these being two different roots is not totally excluded.
Tamil meaning :to open as a flower, bloom, be expanded, extended or spread, be cheerful, beam with joy, be wide open as a gate, (lex.) appear, rise to view
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to cause to flower; n. full-blown flower, blossom; malarcci blossoming, blooming, freshness, cheerfulness; malarttu (malartti-) to cause to flower, open out (as closed hand or umbrella); malarppu causing to blossom, exposing (as one's chest); malarōn_ Brahmā, as seated on a lotus
Malayalam :malar
Malayalam meaning :full-blown flower
Malayalam derivates :malaruka to open as a flower, be fried as grain, be concave, corollalike; tr. malarttuka; malarcca expanding
Kannada :malar, maral
Kannada meaning :flower
Number in DED :4739
Proto-South Dravidian :*mal-ar-, *mal-ai-
Meaning :to lie on the back; face turned upwards
Tamil :malar (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning :to turn the face or mouth upward (as a pot)
Tamil derivates :malarttu (malartti-) to throw on one's back as in wrestling; mallā (-p-, -nt-), mallār (-v-, -nt-) to fall or lie on the back; mallāttu (mallātti-) to make a person or thing to lie on the back
Malayalam :malaruka
Malayalam meaning :to lie on the back
Malayalam derivates :malarttuka to place on the back, lay open; malakkam standing upright and bending the head backwards
Kodagu :male- (malev-, maland-)
Kodagu meaning :to turn face upward (intr.)
Kodagu derivates :mala- (malap-, malat-), malat- (malati-) id. (tr.); malāra outstreched with face upward
