Proto-South Dravidian : *iN-
Meaning : to sink, evaporate
Tamil : iñcu (iñci-)
Tamil meaning : to be absorbed (as water in the ground), evaporate, be curdled (as milk), get thick (as ghee)
Tamil derivates : ? imai (-pp-, -tt-) to diminish, shrink
Kannada : iŋgu
Kannada meaning : to be imbibed (as water by the earth or other porous matter), sink into, dry up, boil away (intr.)
Kannada derivates : iŋgisu to evaporate by boiling, etc. (tr.); iŋke the state of soaking into, etc.; igaru to be evaporated or dried up; imaru, imiru, imuru to evaporate in boiling, dry up, disappear (as a boil), wane, waste away; īcu, īñcu the state of being dry, withered, faded, or sapless
Tulu : iŋguni
Tulu meaning : to absorb (as water), dry; to sink in (as eyes from disease)
Number in DED : 0430
