North Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-North-Dravidian : *medq-

Meaning : discoloured by bruise

Malto : medg̣o

Additional forms : Also MLT medg̣re to discolour, blacken

Number in DED : 5063

Proto-North-Dravidian : *meG?

Meaning : to bake, toast

Kurukh : mekkhnā (mikkhyas) "to bake bread, vegetables, fruit, fish, in a leaf wrapper"

Malto : meqe "to toast bread or eggs"

Additional forms : Also KUR (Hahn) mēkhnā (mikkhan) to bake bread.

Number in DED : 5053

Proto-North-Dravidian : *melGā

Meaning : throat, neck

Kurukh : melkhā

Malto : melqe

Number in DED : 5080

Proto-North-Dravidian : *melGō

Meaning : a wife

Kurukh : melkhō "husband's brother's wife, (Hahn) a concubine"

Malto : melqo, melqor "contemporary wives"

Additional forms : Also MLT melqaler two or more contemporary wives; melqo-oji polygamy.

Number in DED : 5081

Proto-North-Dravidian : *men-j-

Meaning : to hear

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : mennā (meńj-) "to hear, listen, obey, question, ask"

Malto : mene (menj-) "to hear, ask"

Additional forms : Also KUR mendnā to tell, inform; MLT mendre to be heard, be rumoured

Number in DED : 5516

Proto-North-Dravidian : *menǯ-

Meaning : tidbit (meat, fish, etc.) cooked together with meal to impart relish or flavour to it

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : meńjan

Number in DED : 3581

Proto-North-Dravidian : *menǯq

Meaning : to incubate, shelter

Kurukh : meńjxnā "(Hahn) to incubate, shelter as the hen shelters her chickens"

Malto : men_g̣je

Number in DED : 5055

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mer-q-

Meaning : to act furiously

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malto : merg̣tre

Number in DED : 4875

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mer-qā

Meaning : sky, heaven

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : merxā

Malto : merg̣u, merg̣e

Additional forms : Also KUR merxantā heavenly; MLT merg̣ani heavenly; merg̣e to thunder

Number in DED : 5074

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mesgā

Meaning : roof

Kurukh : mesgā "roof, esp. thatched roof"

Malto : mesg̣e "thatched roof"

Notes : По-видимому, производное от ПСД *bens- 'крыть соломой'; ПСД *bens-gā > *mes-gā (с ассимиляцией b > m и утратой инлаутного носового).

Number in DED : 5532

Proto-North-Dravidian : *meṭ

Meaning : chatty, pitcher

Malto : meṭa

Number in DED : 4651

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mēd

Meaning : body, womb, back

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : mē̃d, mēd

Malto : mēth

Number in DED : 5099

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mēq-

Meaning : to call

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : mēxnā (mīxyas) "to call, call after loudly, hail"

Malto : mēqe "to bleat"

Number in DED : 5087

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mēr

Meaning : thread, twine, thin cord

Kurukh : mē̃r, mēr

Malto : mēru

Number in DED : 5095

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mēt

Meaning : adult man, husband

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : mē̃t, mēt

Additional forms : Also KUR maī̃ female child; way of addressing girls younger than the speaker.

Number in DED : 4791

Proto-North-Dravidian : *mic-ī

Meaning : moustache

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : micī, misī, mechā

Malto : miśī (pl. miśā)

Number in DED : 4879

Proto-North-Dravidian : *min-j-

Meaning : to eat, graze

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : mennā (mińy-) "to eat grass, graze"

Malto : mine "to eat (as bread), graze, browse, feed on straw"

Additional forms : Also KUR mentaʔānā to graze, i.e. supply with grass or pasture; MLT mede to eat food with something to give a relish.

Number in DED : 5093

Proto-North-Dravidian : *minq

Meaning : to close the eyes

Kurukh : mīŋxnā "to close the eyes, weigh down the eyelids (as one feeling drowsy); (eyes) to be closed"

Malto : minqe "to close or shut the eyes, sleep"

Number in DED : 4877

Proto-North-Dravidian : *minǯ

Meaning : eel

Kurukh : mińj

Number in DED : 4737

Proto-North-Dravidian : *miṭ-k-

Meaning : to wink, blink

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : miṭkaʔānā

Additional forms : Also KUR (Hahn) miṭkī a twinkling of the eye.

Number in DED : 4845