Proto-South Dravidian : *kudir-
Meaning : to settle, establish
Tamil : kutir (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to be settled, determined, fixed up
Malayalam : kutir
Malayalam meaning : small mounds of earth in ricefields, on which the rice is sown and after it is grown sufficiently, is transplanted with a hoe
Kannada : kuduru
Kannada meaning : to settle, recover from illness, be set, arranged, fixed, settled, set right, be reformed, become firm, resolute, prosper, succeed; n. (also kudri) settlement, symmetry, orderliness, health, a garden bed, a rim preventing grain flying out of a mortar, a ring of cord to prevent a pot from rolling over
Tulu : kuduruni
Tulu meaning : to recover from sickness
Tulu derivates : kudi fixed, settled
Number in DED : 1709
