South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *meṭ-/*mēḍ-

Meaning : mound; hillock

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : meṭṭu

Tamil meaning : mound, heap of earth

Tamil derivates : mēṭu height, eminence, hillock; muṭṭu rising ground, high ground, heap

Malayalam : mēṭu

Malayalam meaning : rising ground, hillock

Malayalam derivates : māṭu hillock, raised ground; miṭṭāl rising ground, an alluvial bank; (Tiyya) maṭṭa hill

Kannada : mēḍu

Kannada meaning : height, rising ground, hillock

Kannada derivates : miṭṭu rising or high ground, hill; miṭṭe state of being high, rising ground, hill, mass, a large number; (Hav.) muṭṭe heap (as of straw)

Tulu : miṭṭè

Tulu meaning : prominent, protruding

Tulu derivates : muṭṭe heap

Notes : The two variants of the root seem to have been in free variation in PSDR (?). Vocalism correspondences are irregular: especially strange is Kannad/Tulu -i-. The forms with *-u- are due to contamination with *mūḍ- 'bundle, heap'.

Number in DED : 5058