Malayalam meaning :protuberance, tumour, excrescence; rough, knotty, teeth of a saw, etc.
Malayalam derivates :muẓantu knot, protuberance on a tree; muẓekka to swell as a tumour, rise in a wen; (Kauṭ.) muẓaŋŋu knots, protuberance
Tulu :murè, morè
Tulu meaning :node, protuberance swelling, bruise
Tulu derivates :morampè swelling or protuberance on any part of the body; muraṇḍa, muraṇḍè, (B-K) murampe, moḷampe swelling, protuberance; (B-K) murelụ, murevu the foetus to be formed
Tamil derivates :muẓaŋ kāl knee, part of the leg from knee to ankle; muẓaŋ kai elbow, forearm; muẓi joint as of the body; moẓi joint as of wrist, knee, ankle, etc.; muḷi joint as of the body, knot in trees, ankle
Tamil derivates :adj. mu (before doubled consonants), mūv (before vowels); mūn_r_ām third; mūr_r_ai triple; mūvar three persons; mu-ppatu thirty; mu-nnūr_u 300; mūv-āyiram 3,000; mu-mmūn_r_u by threes; three times three; mummai state of being three; mūẓakku three uẓakku
Malayalam :mūnnu
Malayalam meaning :three
Malayalam derivates :mūnnām third; mūnnān a neutral person, middleman; mūvar three persons; mūv-āṇṭu three years; mu-ppatu, nuppatu (cf. Kod.) thirty; mu-nnūr_u 300; mu-mmūnnu by threes; three times three; mūẓakku three uẓakku
Kannada :mūr_u
Kannada meaning :three
Kannada derivates :adj. mu, muk, etc., mū; mū-vattu thirty; mu-nnūr_u, mū-nūr_u 300; mūvar three persons; mūrme, mūme three times
Kodagu :mūndɨ
Kodagu meaning :three
Kodagu derivates :mūndane third; mūāṇḍɨ three years; mūvë three persons (in songs); mūma three times; munnūrɨ 300; mummūndɨ by threes; muyyak ëttɨ three pairs of bullocks; nuppadɨ thirty (cf. Ma.)
Tulu :mūji
Tulu meaning :three
Tulu derivates :mūjanè third; muppa thirty; munnūdu 300; mūv(v)erụ, muvverụ three persons; mukkoḷu, muttāra three times; mūvelụ three pairs of cattle
Tamil meaning :rancidity, anything that has become rancid, anything unclean
Tamil derivates :mūcu (mūci-) to go bad, be spoiled, rancid; mūcal being spoiled
Malayalam :mūśeṭṭa
Malayalam meaning :uncleanness
Kannada :musar_e
Kannada meaning :boiled rice, which is considered to be unclean by Mādhva brahmans, though they eat it and offer it to idols; the vessels in which anything has been boiled and which want cleansing
Kannada derivates :(Gowda) musɨrE dirt on utensils
Tulu :musarè
Tulu meaning :anything boiled or dressed for eating; uncleanness; boiled, dressed, unclean
Tamil meaning :to cover, shroud, veil, hide, screen, obscure, shut in, enclose, close (as the eyes), shut (as the mouth), surround, encompass
Tamil derivates :mūṭal covering, cover, lid; mūṭi that which covers, cover, lid, top; mūṭam place of concealment, secret place; mūṭṭam that which is covered; mūṭṭu that which forms a cover, coating, that which is covered; mūṭākku, muṭṭākku veil, overall, mantle; mukkāṭu veil of cloth worn to cover one's head; mūẓ (-pp-, -tt-) to close, swarm around, surround
Malayalam :mūṭuka
Malayalam meaning :to be covered, cover
Malayalam derivates :mūṭikka to cause to cover; mūṭal covering; mūṭi cover, lid; mūṭu cover; mūṭa foetus born with a covering; mūṭākku, muṭṭākku, mukkāṭu veil
Kannada :mūḍige
Kannada meaning :a quiver
Miscellaneous :KOR (O) mūḍe a kind of cap
Notes :An interesting case of metathese in Tam., Mal. mukkāṭu < *mūṭākku.
Tamil meaning :sack, sack-load, pack, packed bundle as of paddy, large receptacle for grains
Tamil derivates :mūṭṭai bundle, that which is tied up, bag, wallet, satchel, load carried in a sack, bale, a large measure of capacity; mūṭṭu (mūṭṭi-) to join, link, stitch, sew together; n. tie, bond, that which is tied, stitch
Malayalam :mūṭa
Malayalam meaning :load, bale, esp. corn in straw bundles for exportation; heap, as of corn, straw
Malayalam derivates :mūṭṭuka to stitch together, patch, seam; mūṭṭal stitching
Kannada :mūḍe
Kannada meaning :straw bundle containing pulse and rāgi; pillow, cushion
Notes :Kannada and Tulu moṭṭe hardly belong here. The root was originally a nominal one (*mūḍ-), with a derivational transitive verb (*mūṭ-), from which, in turn, are derived forms like Tamil mūṭṭai, etc.
Number in DED :5037
Proto-South Dravidian :*mūdal-
Meaning :to confront
Tamil :mūtari (-pp-, -tt-), mūtali (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning :to establish with evidence, confront with proof
Tamil derivates :mukatalai confrontation; (-pp-, -tt-) to confront, face
Kannada :mūdalisu
Kannada meaning :to confront and upbraid, taunt
Kannada derivates :mūdale confronting and upbraiding, taunt
Number in DED :5040
Proto-South Dravidian :*mūg-/*mUg-
Meaning :army; to fall upon, to besiege
Tamil :mūkai
Tamil meaning :vast horde
Kannada :mukar_u, mukkur_u, mukkur_iku
Kannada meaning :to come or fall upon, inclose, cover, besiege, surround
Kannada derivates :mogasu to cover, fall upon, attack; moge to cover, fall upon, close with
Notes :Kannada forms with -k- are strange, probably dialectal.
Tamil meaning :defect of limb, deformity; one who is deformed or has defective limbs, that which has lost a part or piece esp. at the top, that which is defective, person or thing devoid of the usual ornaments, ugly woman; a term of abuse
Tamil derivates :mūḷi nāy dog with clipped ears
Malayalam :mūḷi
Malayalam meaning :maimed, having lost an ear
Kannada :mūẓa
Kannada meaning :state of being deprived of or without, that of being bare, that of being maimed; man without ears, man who has lost any member; man with a mental defect, fool, brute; a word of abuse
Kannada derivates :mūẓi state of being deprived of, etc.; an earless woman, woman without ornaments in the ears, widow
Tamil meaning :to kindle, catch fire, be kindled, stirred up (as anger)
Tamil derivates :mūṭci violent temper, rage; mūṭṭu (mūṭṭi-) to kindle (as a flame), stimulate (as a quarrel), stir up (as feelings); n. excitement, provocation; mūṭṭam fuel, bonfire; muḷi (-v-, -nt-) to dry, burn, be scorched, perish; mature, curdle; (-pp-, -tt-) to dry, become dried, be scorched; n. dryness, faded condition, that which is dry; muḷari firewood, sacrificial fuel, fire, firebrand, fever
Malayalam :mūṭṭuka
Malayalam meaning :to kindle, nourish (a fire), augment (a quarrel)
Malayalam derivates :mūṭṭam smoking out the mosquitoes; muḷi scorched or dry, the appearance of skin scalded and burst; muḷiyuka to be scorched, torn as skin
Notes :A very complicated case: apparently, the root contained a cluster, approximately reconstructed as *-ndj-. However, Kannada musuḍu, etc., hardly belong here. It's also unclear to what extent the root could have been influenced by *mun- 'first, front, face'. Vocalism correspondences are highly unstable, too.
