Tamil derivates :mārpu bosom, breast, chest, woman's breast; mārvu, mārvam breast, chest; mār-āppu, mār_-āppu portion of a saree covering the bosom of women
Tamil meaning :to become changed, exchanged, altered, reversed, be cured, be corrected, have a change of residence, retreat (as showing one's back), become false, sell, exchange (as goods), barter, deny; n. mutation, change, enmity, hostility, anything that disagrees or is unsuitable, death, birth, recompense, return, reply, contrariety, contradiction, change or substitute (as of a garment), alternative
Tamil derivates :mār_upaṭu to be changed, be opposed, disagree, differ, be discordant, be in contrast, be inimical; mār_upāṭu opposition, perverseness, unsuitability, disagreeableness, discrepancy, double-dealing; mār_r_u (mār_r_i-) to change, alter, rectify, convert, cure, set right, dispel, relieve, remove, derange, change or alter for the worse, repel, expel, hinder, prevent, deny, refuse, destroy, cancel, repeal, change (as money), exchange, barter, traffic, trade, shift, transfer, be interrupted, fail (as rains), detain; n. changing, removal, destruction, barter, exchange, sale, clothes freshly washed, similarity, resemblance; mār_r_umai contrariety, diversity; mār_r_am diversity, hatred, remedy, word of challenge, vow, answer, reply, word; mār_r_ān_ enemy; mār_r_āḷ rival wife; māṭṭu word
Malayalam :mār_uka
Malayalam meaning :to be changed, altered, change place, remove to a distance, be healed, subside, cease, exchange, barter
Malayalam derivates :mār_u change; mār_r_am change, barter, trade, diversity, reply, word; mār_r_al curing; mār_r_i person who fails, unfortunate; mār_r_u change (chiefly of raiment), reply, word; mār_r_uka to change, substitute, remove
Kannada :mār_u
Kannada meaning :to be opposite, be hostile, oppose, take or give one thing for another, barter, sell, be sold, sell (intr.), be changed into another form, change; n. state of being other, different or next, that of being changed or altered, that which is given in exchange, that which is put for sale, selling, sale, state of being opposite or hostile, state of being reflected
Kannada derivates :mār_uḷi another business or affair; mār_āḷi barterer, seller, Vaiśya; mār_isu to cause to sell, exchange, change; mārpu exchange, change; mārma, marma an opponent; mātu, māta word, saying, language, promise, slander, rumour, antidote, remedy; mātāḷi a talkative, garrulous man; mātuga, mātugār_a a talkative man; fem. mātugārti; mātugār_ike, mātugār_atana loquacity
Kodagu :mār- (māri-)
Kodagu meaning :to sell
Kodagu derivates :māt- (māti-) to change (tr.)
Tulu :māruni
Tulu meaning :to sell, dispose of
Tulu derivates :mārāṭa sale, barter, exchange; mārāvuni to cause to sell, get sold; mār-nuḍi a reply; mārpāṭa change, alteration; māduni to turn about; mādā̆vuni to turn about, turn the face to another quarter; mādụ turning about; mātụkathe conversation, intercourse; māpuni to undress, change dress; martè selling, bargain
Tamil meaning :to fasten on, buckle, tackle, hook, fix, attach, use, bring into play, grasp, comprehend, be proficient in, be able, be competent, have the necessary strength; (mod. Ta., auxiliary only in negative) will not; n. a mode of construction in verse
Tamil derivates :māṭṭal a woman's ornament
Malayalam :māṭṭuka
Malayalam meaning :to hook in, fix in
Number in DED :4802
Proto-South Dravidian :*māẓ-
Meaning :youth
Tamil :maẓa
Tamil meaning :youth, infancy, infant
Tamil derivates :maẓalai childhood, tenderness in age; maẓavan_ young man, warrior; māẓai youth, beauty; maṇaŋku lamb
Kannada :maṇaka, maṇika, maḷaka
Kannada meaning :young cow or buffalo (fit for breeding)
Notes :Tamil maṇaŋku supposedly borrowed from a Kannada dialect.
Number in DED :4747
Proto-South Dravidian :*māẓ-
Meaning :confused, fascinated; faint
Tamil :māẓku (māẓki-)
Tamil meaning :to be bewildered, fascinated, be spoiled or lost, grow lazy
Tamil derivates :māẓā (-pp-, -nt-) to be fascinated, be confused, bewildered, fade, become dim
Malayalam :māẓkuka
Malayalam meaning :to languish, grow faint, sleep, die
Tamil meaning :to tread on, tread down, trample on, insult, dishonour, rush or dash against, attack as the door of a fort; n. treading, tread, step in a tank or well, treadle of a weaver's loom, food trampled and formed into a ball, walking, gait
Tamil derivates :mitiyal treading; (Koll.) meti to step on
Malayalam :meti
Malayalam meaning :treading on, treading out grain
Malayalam derivates :metikka to tread as loam, trample, thresh; metiyuka to be bruised; (Tiyya) motikkuva to trample
Kannada :midi
Kannada meaning :to pound, kill, destroy, rub, grind, triturate
Kannada derivates :midisu, middisu to cause to pound, have pounded
Kodagu :mey- (meyv-, meyñj-)
Kodagu meaning :(paddy) becomes well pounded or cleaned
Kodagu derivates :(meyp-, meyc-) to pound (paddy)
Tulu :medipuni, medupuni, medpuni
Tulu meaning :to clean by pounding as rice; full, mill
