Kurukh :lapnā "(Hahn) to measure with the hollow of the hand"
Malto :lāpe "a measure, as much as is contained in two hands put together"
Additional forms :Also KUR lapp a handful; (Gr.) laph the quantity of grain, etc., that one can hold upon the flat of the hand, the fingers being very slightly curved upward; MLT lāpye to measure out with two hands put together.
Number in DED :290
Proto-North-Dravidian :*lipī
Meaning :skylark
Kurukh :lipī-oṛā
Malto :lipi
Number in DED :5189
Proto-North-Dravidian :*mad-
Meaning :to be nervous and fidgety (as an animal overfed and left without work), be in rut, grow fond of a thing through habit, (Hahn) be intoxicated
Additional forms :Also KUR maitantā coming from above; maitī from above; maitlē from the top, from above; mańyā̃ on, upon, above, overhead; meccā high, tall, lofty; mēn-ērnā to look up, raise the eyes; MLT mecge height; mecgetre to raise, lift up; mecten superficially; men_ye up, above; mēmere to look upwards (ēre to see); mēmetre to lift up (as the countenance).
Kurukh :mãyã "malt prepared for making beer, malt refuse, beer in its preparatory stage"
Malto :mēca "an intoxicating beverage prepared of corn"
Notes :A very complicated case. The PDR root is *maj-; however, in order to explain both the nasalization in Kurukh and the strange form in Malto, we have to suppose at least a specific suffix (probably modifying the original meaning 'intoxication' into 'intoxicating beverage'). And only a unique sound combination, like *-jnc-, could account for the unique correspondence Kur. -ãy- - Mlt. -ēc-. If this is the case, then in Kurukh *majnc- > *mãjc- > *mãj-, while in Mlt. *majnc- > *mēnc- > *mēc-. The problem is: what is the nature of this *-nc-?
Additional forms :Also KUR (Hahn) māyā, mā̃yān_ arrack made of rice.
Additional forms :Also KUR malā not, no; malnā not to be (so); malʔā not (when the negation falls on one single word which is being opposed to another word); no; malkā deprived of, lacking; mal- (past mall-) to be not.
Number in DED :4743
Proto-North-Dravidian :*mali
Meaning :a kind of reed of which arrow shafts are made
