South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *manḍ- (caus. *maḍ-)

Meaning : to blaze

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : maṇṭu (maṇṭi-)

Tamil meaning : to blaze up, glow

Tamil derivates : maṭu (-pp-, -tt-) to kindle

Number in DED : 4680

Proto-South Dravidian : *manḍ- (?)

Meaning : broken grain

Malayalam : maṇṭa

Malayalam meaning : broken grain, dough of rice flour

Number in DED : 4679

Proto-South Dravidian : *manḍ-ai

Meaning : bowl; skull, head

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : maṇṭai

Tamil meaning : mendicant's begging bowl, earthen vessel, head, skull, cranium, brainpan, top portion as of palms, a standard of measure

Malayalam : maṇṭa

Malayalam meaning : skull; similar objects

Kannada : maṇḍe

Kannada meaning : head

Kannada derivates : (Hav.) maṇḍage a big jar

Kodagu : maṇḍe

Kodagu meaning : head

Tulu : maṇḍè

Tulu meaning : large earthen vessel, skull, head

Proto-Nilgiri : *manḍä

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) maṇḍa, (O, T) manḍe head

Number in DED : 4682

Proto-South Dravidian : *mand-ai

Meaning : herd; multitude

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : mantai

Tamil meaning : flock, herd, common pasture of a village, open space in the middle of a village common to the community

Kannada : mandi, mande

Kannada meaning : (a) flock of sheep or goats, herd of cattle or buffaloes, open place in the jungle or near a village where a flock or herd stands, pen, fold; (b) persons, people

Tulu : mandi, mandè

Tulu meaning : persons, people

Number in DED : 4700

Proto-South Dravidian : *mandār-

Meaning : cloudiness

Tamil : mantāram

Tamil meaning : cloudiness, murkiness

Malayalam : mantāram, mandāram

Malayalam meaning : close, sultry weather

Number in DED : 4697

Proto-South Dravidian : *manḍ-i

Meaning : knee

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : maṇṭi

Tamil meaning : kneeling, kneeling on one knee as an archer

Malayalam : maṇṭuka

Malayalam meaning : to be seated on the heels

Kannada : maṇḍi

Kannada meaning : what is bent, the knee

Tulu : maṇḍi

Tulu meaning : knee

Number in DED : 4677

Proto-South Dravidian : *mand-i

Meaning : a k. of monkey

Tamil : manti

Tamil meaning : female monkey, monkey in general

Malayalam : manti

Malayalam meaning : black-faced monkey

Number in DED : 4698

Proto-South Dravidian : *mandir-

Meaning : grass mat; sheet

Malayalam : mantiri(ya)

Malayalam meaning : coloured mat

Kannada : mandalige, mandlige

Kannada meaning : grass mat

Tulu : mandiri, mandri

Tulu meaning : bedsheet, covering garment

Proto-Nilgiri : *mandVr-

Number in DED : 4699

Proto-South Dravidian : *maṇ-i-

Meaning : to talk, speak

Tulu : maṇipuni, manipuni

Tulu meaning : to speak, utter (used chiefly in negative)

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇ-ĭ-

Miscellaneous : IRU maṇi (-t-) to talk, speak

Number in DED : 4671

Proto-South Dravidian : *măṇ-i

Meaning : small bell

Tamil : maṇi

Tamil meaning : bell, gong, sound of bell, hour

Malayalam : maṇi

Malayalam meaning : little bells (worn as jewels), gong, hour by the bell

Malayalam derivates : maṇikka to strike a bell, sing child asleep

Tulu : maṇi

Tulu meaning : small bell

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇĭ

Number in DED : 4672

Proto-South Dravidian : *maṇi-

Meaning : office, superintendence

Tamil : maṇiyam

Tamil meaning : office of the village headman, employed as a revenue subordinate of the Sirkar, for which he holds a mān_iyam or receives payment; superintendence of temples, mutts, palaces, custom-houses, etc.

Tamil derivates : maṇiyakkāran_ headman of a village, superintendent of a temple, etc.

Malayalam : maṇiyam

Malayalam meaning : superintendence of temples, palaces, villages, etc.

Malayalam derivates : maṇiyakāran manager of an estate

Kannada : maṇiya, maṇiha, maṇeya, maṇē

Kannada meaning : superintendence of temples, maths, palaces, custom-houses, etc.

Kannada derivates : maṇiyagār_a, maṇēgār_a man who holds any maṇiya office

Tulu : maṇigāre, maṇegāre

Tulu meaning : revenue inspector

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇ-

Number in DED : 4674

Proto-South Dravidian : *maṇ-i

Meaning : a k. of porridge

Kannada : maṇṇi

Kannada meaning : (Hav.) thick porridge

Tulu : maṇṇi

Tulu meaning : rice flour and jaggery boiled with coconut juice, etc., treacle

Number in DED : 4683

Proto-South Dravidian : *maṇi-kanṭ-

Meaning : wrist

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : maṇikkaṭṭu, makkaṭṭu

Tamil meaning : wrist

Malayalam : maṇikkaṇṭam, maṇikkeṭṭu

Malayalam meaning : wrist

Kannada : maṇikaṭṭu

Kannada meaning : wrist

Tulu : maṇigaṇṭụ

Tulu meaning : ankle

Notes : A strange compound form, with both components unclear (both phonetically and semantically).

Number in DED : 4673

Proto-South Dravidian : *manr_-

Meaning : hamlet; hall; place of assembly

Tamil : man_r_u

Tamil meaning : hall of assembly, golden hall of Chidambaram, court of justice, arbitration court, cow-stall, herd of cows, raised platform under a tree for village meetings, centre of a garden, junction of four roads or streets

Tamil derivates : man_r_am hall, assembly, court, meeting place under a tree in a village, open space used for riding horses, plain, open space, central place in a battlefield, Chidambaram, house, cowshed, long street; man_r_al marriage, long street; man_r_an_ Śiva; man_r_-il courtyard of a house; man_r_u (man_r_i-) to fine, punish

Malayalam : mannu

Malayalam meaning : place of judgement or assembly

Malayalam derivates : mannam standing place, place of judgement or discussion

Kannada : mandu

Kannada meaning : hamlet of the Todas on the Nilagiri

Kodagu : mandɨ

Kodagu meaning : village green

Proto-Nilgiri : *mand_

Number in DED : 4777

Proto-South Dravidian : *mans-

Meaning : barren

Tamil : mai

Tamil meaning : barrenness, sterility, barren woman, barren buffalo

Tamil derivates : maimmai barren woman, barren buffalo

Malayalam : mai

Malayalam meaning : barrenness

Malayalam derivates : macci barren woman

Tulu : mañjè

Tulu meaning : barren, unfruitful

Tulu derivates : mañjerụ sterile, barren

Proto-Nilgiri : *maj

Number in DED : 5102

Proto-South Dravidian : *manǯ-

Meaning : buttermilk

Tamil : maccikai

Tamil meaning : buttermilk

Kannada : majjige

Kannada meaning : buttermilk, whey

Proto-Nilgiri : *manʒ

Notes : Both the Tamil and Kannada forms are supposedly borrowed from Teluggu (and the Telugu form seems to be a borrowing from Sanskrit itself), so only the Kota-Toda forms can be considered as original.

Number in DED : 4630

Proto-South Dravidian : *manǯaḷ-

Meaning : saffron, turmeric; yellow

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : mañcaḷ

Tamil meaning : turmeric, Curcuma longa; yellow colour as that of turmeric

Tamil derivates : mañcan_ man of yellow complexion

Malayalam : maññaḷ

Malayalam meaning : Indian saffron, Curcuma longa, turmeric, yellow dye

Malayalam derivates : maññaḷikka to turn yellow; mañña yellow or turmeric colour

Kannada : mañjaḷa

Kannada meaning : turmeric

Kodagu : mañja

Kodagu meaning : turmeric

Tulu : mañjaḷụ, mañjalụ

Tulu meaning : turmeric, yellow colour; yellow

Tulu derivates : mañjala yellow; mañjale, mañjaḷe a yellow or tawny-coloured man

Number in DED : 4635

Proto-South Dravidian : *manǯ-āḍi

Meaning : red-wood; arnetto tree

Tamil : mañcāṭi

Tamil meaning : red-wood, Adenanthera pavonina Lin., Adenanthera seed weighing two kun_r_i-maṇi used by goldsmiths as a weight

Tamil derivates : mañcāḷi Adenanthera seed used by goldsmiths as a weight

Malayalam : mañcāṭi

Malayalam meaning : Adenanthera seed, weighing four grains

Kannada : mañcaṭige, mañjāḍi, mañjeṭṭi

Kannada meaning : Adenanthera pavonina

Tulu : mañjeṭṭi

Tulu meaning : arnetto tree, Bixa orellana; the seed of it used as a weight by goldsmiths

Number in DED : 4636

Proto-South Dravidian : *manǯ-i

Meaning : a kind of hemp

Tamil : mañci

Tamil meaning : sun-hemp [i.e. Cannabis sativa], hemp fibre

Kannada : mañji

Kannada meaning : a perennial plant (and the fibres of its bark of which cords are made), bow-string hemp, Sanseviera zeylanica Willd.

Tulu : mañji

Tulu meaning : a kind of hemp

Number in DED : 4637

Proto-South Dravidian : *manǯ-i

Meaning : a k. of boat

Tamil : mañci

Tamil meaning : cargo boat with a raised platform

Tamil derivates : vañci canoe

Malayalam : mañci

Malayalam meaning : a large sort of boat, single-masted Pattimar in coasting trade, holding 10-40 tons

Malayalam derivates : vañci a large boat

Kannada : mañji

Kannada meaning : a large boat with one mast used in coasting trade

Kannada derivates : (Bark.) maccɨve a kind of boat

Tulu : mañji

Tulu meaning : a long boat, a single-masted country vessel

Notes : Possibly < IA.

Number in DED : 4638