Notes :The forms of the type nakk- are probably borrowed from Telugu.
Number in DED :3606
Proto-South Dravidian :*narical-
Meaning :a bat
Tamil :nariccal
Tamil meaning :a kind of bat
Malayalam :nariccil, nariccīr
Malayalam meaning :a bat
Number in DED :3607
Proto-South Dravidian :*nar_-
Meaning :to crush; small pieces
Tamil :nar_umu (nar_umi-)
Tamil meaning :to crush between the teeth
Kannada :nar_uju, nor_aju, nur_uju
Kannada meaning :gravel, grit
Number in DED :3626
Proto-South Dravidian :*nar_-
Meaning :a k. of plum
Tamil :nar_uvili, nar_uḷi
Tamil meaning :sebesten plum, Cordia myxa
Malayalam :nar_uvari
Malayalam meaning :sebesten plum, Cordia myxa
Number in DED :3627
Proto-South Dravidian :*nar_aval-
Meaning :an aromatic tree
Kannada :nar_avalu, nar_uval, narval
Kannada meaning :the tree Premna spinosa or longifolia
Tulu :naruvolu
Tulu meaning :a kind of aromatic tree, the leaves of which are used for curry or medicine, Saccharum munja [sic]
Number in DED :3624
Proto-South Dravidian :*nar_-nar_-
Meaning :[expr.] grinding, cracking
Tamil :nar_a-nar_-en_al, nar_u-nar_-en_al
Tamil meaning :onom. expr. of grinding the teeth
Tamil derivates :ner_uner_u (-pp-, -tt-) to gnash one's teeth, snap (as a stick in breaking), sound (as the biting of a hard, brittle, or crispy substance); ner_u-ner_-en_al onom. expr. signifying (a) crashing sound, (b) snapping or breaking sound; ner_ukk-en_al onom. expr. signifying snapping sound; ner_a-ner_-en_al onom. expr. of grinding or gnashing the teeth; ner_umu (ner_umi-) to gnash
Kannada :nar_a, nar_anar_ane, nar_ak
Kannada meaning :imit. sound of the noise of the cracking of the fingers and other joints or of the breaking of wood
Tulu :naruguru, narunuru
Tulu meaning :a crack, crash; sound produced while eating anything crisp
Tamil meaning :to be worn, frayed (as cloth), be reduced in circumstances
Tamil derivates :nai (-v-, -nt-) to waste away, be frayed (as cloth); (Koll.) nacey disease
Malayalam :naital
Malayalam meaning :decay
Kannada :nasi, nasiku
Kannada meaning :to wear out, wear away, waste away, wither, wane, decay, spoil, be faint, become poor or poorly; n. wasting, waning, faint twilight (of the morning)
Kannada derivates :nasu minuteness, smallness, fineness, a little, a trifle
Tulu :naskụ
Tulu meaning :twilight, dawn, early morning
Tulu derivates :neyiluni to fade, as a bunch of coconuts
Number in DED :3575
Proto-South Dravidian :*nas-
Meaning :moist, damp
Tamil :nacai
Tamil meaning :dampness, moisture
Tamil derivates :nacaivu moisture of the earth; nacunacu (-pp-, -tt-) to be damp as a floor, be continually drizzling; nacu-nac-en_al expr. signifying dampness, drizzling; naya (-pp-, -tt-) to become damp
Tamil derivates :naṭuvaṇ in the centre; naṭuvan_ judge, arbiter, Yama; naṭṭa-naṭu the very middle
Malayalam :naṭu
Malayalam meaning :middle, centre, waist, equity
Kannada :naḍu, naḍuvu, naḍa, naḍavu, naḍi
Kannada meaning :middle, centre, waist
Kannada derivates :naṭṭa, naṭṭe belonging to the middle, central; naḍuve, naḍave, naḍive the very middle, the middle, between, an intervening space, difference; naṭṭa-naḍu the very middle; naḍḍi back of the waist, hollow above the loins
