Proto-South Dravidian : *tāẓ-
Meaning : to fall; under
Tamil : tāẓ (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to fall low, be lowered, be low (as a roof), flow down, descend, decline as the sun, sink in water, sink in circumstances or repute, decrease, decay, degenerate, despond, be dejected, prove inferior, fail, stay, rest, halt, hang down, be suspended (as the arms, as locks of hair), be deep, bend, droop, be bowed down, become low, subdued as sound
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to bow down (tr.), let down, deepen, depress, degrade, wait, stay, delay; tāẓcci bending, humility, submissiveness, inferiority, meanness, baseness, vileness, deficiency, want, scarcity, arrears, deterioration, degradation, loss, decay (of wealth, power, etc.), delay, dishonour, disgrace; tāẓtti lowness in rank, inferiority, dishonour; tāẓttu (tāẓtti-) to bring low, lower, let down, deepen, reduce, diminish, keep under control, compel obedience, degrade, disgrace, delay, waste time, make a person or object stay, plant (as seeds), bury, sink, submerge, immerse; tāẓntār humble persons, low, mean persons; tāẓppam depth (as of water); tāẓppu lowering, burying, inserting, planting; tāẓmai humility, inferiority (as in rank), degradation, baseness; tāẓ-vāram sloping roof, lean-to, penthouse; tāẓvu depth (as of a pit), shortness, degradation, fault, defect, poverty, foot (as of a mountain), resting-place, abode, self-control, modesty, distress, prostration in worship; tāẓam lowness (as of the pitch of a tune), calmness, delay; tāṭci degradation, disgrace, dilatoriness, tardiness; taẓai (-v-, -nt-) to hang down, bow down; taŋku (taŋki-) to settle at the bottom (sediment), be under control, obedient, be diminished, quenched (as thirst); taŋkal precipitate, sediment
Malayalam : tāẓuka
Malayalam meaning : to sink below or lower, droop, come low, descend, bow, settle, subside
Malayalam derivates : tāẓa, tāẓē under, below, down; tāẓkka, tākka to take down, let down; tākkuka to lower, take down (as fruits from tree), convey down the stream; tāẓca lowness, decline, inferiority; tāẓttu a slope; tāẓttuka, tāttuka to take down, let down, put down, diminish; tāẓma, tāṇma humiliation, disgrace, humility; tāẓvāram veranda lower than the house, a slope
Kannada : tāẓ
Kannada meaning : being low, sinking, sloping, inclining, the bottom
Kannada derivates : tāẓu the bottom; tāẓ-vāra veranda lower than the house; tāgu inclining, bowing, bending; taẓgu to become depressed, low or less, decline; targu to be low, lowered, etc., stoop, get poor, fall in value or price; taggu to be or become low, be depressed, be bent down or inclined, stoop, be humble, humble oneself, become less, decrease, fall in price, be appeased; n. low ground, state of being low, a depression, sinking, declivity, hole, a flat, valley, diminution, decrease, scarcity, dearness; taggisu to make low, bow as the face or head, lessen, appease; ? taẓpal, tappal level ground at the foot of a mountain, level ground on top or edge of a mountain, table-land
Tulu : tāruni
Tulu meaning : to sink in, plunge
Tulu derivates : tarpuni to be depressed; to depress, humble; (B-K) tarte depth; tāluni to fall off, drop down; tagguni to be humble, modest, incline, lean; taggụ low ground, dale, valley, descent, declivity; low, depressed; taggele a lowly or humble man; tagme man servant, male slave; fem. tagmalụ; daŋguni to bend, incline; daŋgi, daŋgidi bent, inclined; daŋgelu id., bending, inclination; daŋgāvuni to cause to bend, bow
Number in DED : 3178
