Proto-South Dravidian : *muḍ-
Meaning : to contract, shrink
Tamil : muṭaŋku (muṭaŋki-)
Tamil meaning : to contract, become lame or maimed, bend, be spoiled; abide, remain, stay, lie down; n. rheumatism; lane, turning in a street
Tamil derivates : muṭaŋkar physical exhaustion as in confinement; muṭaŋkal being bent as a bow; roll of palm-leaf used in letter-writing; muṭaŋki bed-ridden person; elbow or jutting part of a piece of land; muṭakku (muṭakki-) to bend as knee, arm, etc., wind round, wrap (as one's person), cause to bend or contract, disable (as one's limbs), roof in (as a hut), cover, lie down; n. curve, bend, tongu, corner of a winding sheet, a kind of ring; muṭakkam contraction, lameness, being crippled by paralysis, bend, curve; muṭantai lameness, anything bent, amenorrhoea; muṭam crippled condition of leg or arm, anything bent, bend; muṭalai ball, globe, twist in the fibre as of firewood; muṭavan_ lame, lame man; (Shanmugam) muṭatti lame woman; muṭavu (muṭavi-) to limp; muṭukkar short street, pathway difficult to pass, lane; mountain cavern, place where water presses against a tank and erodes, interstice, interspace; muṭukku corner, narrow winding street; muṇaŋku (muṇaŋki-) to be contracted, withdrawn, bent, be subject to; n. withdrawing, contracting, bending, shaking off drowsiness or laziness by stretching one's limbs, idleness
Malayalam : muṭam, muṭakkam
Malayalam meaning : contraction of members as by landwind, lameness
Malayalam derivates : muṭakālam lame-footed (said of birds, etc.); muṭakka to limp, halt; muṭantan, muṭavan lame; fem. muṭanti, muṭavi; muṭaŋŋuka to become lame; muṭakku an uneven palm-leaf; muṭukku corner, narrow passage
Kannada : muḍuku, muḍugu, muḍubu
Kannada meaning : to bend, shrink, become crooked, be contracted, be distorted; bend (tr.), crook, distort, etc.; n. bending, shrinking, becoming or being crooked, being distorted, curve, corner, angle
Kodagu : muḍa
Kodagu meaning : (Shanmugam) lameness
Kodagu derivates : muḍavën lame man; muḍavati lame woman
Tulu : muḍa
Tulu meaning : stiffness, rigidity
Tulu derivates : muḍaŋkụ, moḍaŋkụ crookedness, obliquity; a humpback; perversity, obstinacy; crooked, perverse; moḍaŋkuni to become crooked, bow, bend; moḍaŋkelụ side, margin, edge; moḍaŋkele humpbacked man, perverse man; muḍajilụ shrinking; moḍè stiff
Number in DED : 4919
