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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *murm-
Meaning : gravel
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Naikri : murmi
Parji : murum
Salur Gadba : morḍo "stump of tree (?)"
Number in DED : 4971
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *mur-
Meaning : 1 rough 2 gravel
Proto-South Dravidian: *mur-
Proto-Telugu : *mor-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *murm-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *mur-
Meaning : rough; rude
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : muraṭu
Tamil meaning : roughness, unevenness, ruggedness, knob or knot as in timber, joint of the body, ill-temper, wildness, rudeness, obstinacy, largeness, bigness
Tamil derivates : muraṭan_ rude man, obstinate man; muraṭṭaṭi rough, rude, lawless, reckless behaviour; muraṇ (muraṇp-, muraṇṭ-) to be at variance, be opposed; n. variance, opposition, perversity, spite, hatred, fight, battle, strength, greatness, roughness, stubbornness, fierceness, a flaw in rubies; muraṇu (muraṇi-) to be at variance; muraṇar enemies; muraṇṭan_ cross-tempered, quarrelsome person, obstinate person, impatient person, hasty, impetuous person; muraṇṭu (muraṇṭi-) to be obstinate, opposed, cross-grained; n. persistence, obstinacy, opposition, disagreement, unyielding nature; murappu roughness; murampu mound of gravel or stone, mound, elevation, rock, rough hard ground; murarai hard, stout trunk of a tree; murippu hump of an ox; murivu greatness; muruṭan_ obstinate person, reckless person, ignorant, foolish person, hunter, rude person, savage; muruṭu coarseness, roughness, obstinacy, obdurateness, cruelty, knot in wood, stump, piece of wood, largeness; mūri hump; muṇṭu (muṇṭi-) to be unruly, refractory, attack vehemently; n. petulance, obstinacy, vehement attack, stupidity, knot as in a tree, bulging or protuberance (cf. 4988), joint of the body, hump; ? mūrkku obstinacy
Malayalam : muram
Malayalam meaning : roughness, rugged nature
Malayalam derivates : muraṭu the stump, foot, root of a tree; foot; muraṭan knotty, stubborn, saucy, refractory; muraṭuka to be knotty; muraṇ fight, strength; muruppu uneven touch, moss, inner side of skin or leather
Kannada : muruḍu, moraḍu
Kannada meaning : roughness, ruggedness, unevenness
Kannada derivates : moraḍi, moraḍu, moraḍe, morḍi, maraḍi, maḍḍi, maṇṭi a stony, rough hillock
Kodagu : moraḍɨ
Kodagu meaning : foot of a tree
Tulu : mura, mora
Tulu meaning : a stone quarry, laterite stone; stony, hard, strong
Tulu derivates : muraḍi knotty; muruḍi, muruḍu roughness, coarseness; rough, coarse; murelụ thick part of a spade; murli quarrelsome woman; murle quarrelsome man; moraṇḍa, moraṇḍala, moraṇḍè swelling on any part of the body, induration of the skin
Proto-Nilgiri : *mor-
Notes : Tamil muṇṭu, Kota muṇḍ-, etc., can be developed out of *mur-Vṇḍ- through contamination with *moṇḍ- 'stubborn, obstinate, stupid'.
Number in DED : 4971
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *mor-
Meaning : unyieldingness, inflexibility, violence of action
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : morṭ, morṭtanm
Additional forms : Also Kota morḍṇ violent man; muṇḍ- (muṇḍy-) to refuse to obey or listen; kick
Number in DED : 4971
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *mor-
Meaning : rough, rude, unmannerly; rude man
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : moraṭu
Additional forms : Also moraṭutanamu rudeness, roughness; moraḍu stump, pollard, block; hard, rough, knotty, stubborn; morapa stony, gravelly, pebbly; moramu pebble, gravelstone; morasu rough, rude; moṇḍari stubborn fellow; moṇḍi stubborn, obstinate, perverse; mrōḍu stump of tree; moppe obstinate man; rough
Number in DED : 4971
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