Proto-South Dravidian : *mUg-
Meaning : to draw (water)
Tamil : muka (-pp-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to draw (as water), bale, measure (as grain or liquid), obtain in full measure, lift, take up
Tamil derivates : mukavai drawing as water, taking up as grain, anything which is given in large quantities, bucket for drawing water, ladle, heap of paddy on the threshing floor; mukai large earthen vessel; mō (-pp-, -nt-) to take in a vessel (as water)
Kannada : moge
Kannada meaning : to take water with a vessel out of a pond, tank or stream for one's use, ladle out (any fluid with a small vessel out of a larger one), scoop, bale; n. state of (water) being sufficient to be taken (out of a pond, etc.)
Kannada derivates : moge, mage, magi small earthen vessel for ladling out; (K2) mogape a vessel for lifting water
Tulu : mugè, mugayi
Tulu meaning : small earthen vessel
Tulu derivates : mogēre fisherman; muggerụ a Malayalam fisherman; magapuni to draw and turn over; nīrụ m. to draw water (or with 4617)
Number in DED : 4887
