Proto-South Dravidian : *mar_-
Meaning : to turn
Tamil : mar_aŋku (mar_aŋki-)
Tamil meaning : to be bewildered, confused
Tamil derivates : mar_am bewilderment; mar_i (-v-, -nt-) to be turned upside down, return, recede, turn back, retreat, fall down; bend, rise up as a wave, be twisted, go about often, walk to and fro; (-pp-, -tt-) to turn about, return, turn upside down, upset, repeat, double; mar_i-taral returning, coming back; mar_ivi return; mar_ukkam whirling, unsteadiness, distress, affliction, sorrow, perplexity, relapse of disease; mar_uku (mar_uki-) to whirl, go about often, wander, be bewildered, confused, be unsteady, unsettled, be distressed; mar_ukali (-pp-, -tt-), mar_ukkaḷi (-pp-, -tt-), makkaḷi (-pp-, -tt-) to return, relapse (as a disease)
Malayalam : mar_i
Malayalam meaning : a turn, fresh start, corner, a shift, turning round or inside, deceit
Malayalam derivates : mar_iyuka to turn back, turn over, be upset, turn over and over, tumble heels over head, roll; mar_iccal turning over, returning, tumbling, heels over head, rolling, turning topsy-turvy, deceit; mar_ivu change, rolling, tumbling, confusion, deceit; mar_ikka to turn upside down, turn back; mar_ippu an upset; mar_ukuka to flounder, welter
Kannada : maral, maraḷ, malar
Kannada meaning : the face to be turned or averted, turn back or backward, turn, retreat, return, happen or occur again, do again
Kannada derivates : maralcu, maraḷisu, maraḷcu to turn or avert the face, turn, cause to retreat, return
Kodagu : mari- (mariv-, mariñj-)
Kodagu meaning : to roll (intr., in lying position), overflow, go up (steps of house, as bride does)
Kodagu derivates : (marip-, maric-) to roll (tr., in lying position)
Tulu : maraŋkaṇè, marakaṇè
Tulu meaning : on the back, topsy-turvy (or with 4740)
Tulu derivates : marapuni to fell, pull down a wall; maraḷikke hinge
Notes : All Kannada forms are supposedly dialectal (no preservation of -r_-); they might also be recent borrowings from Telugu.
Number in DED : 4761
