Proto-Nilgiri : *mand_
Meaning : village
Kota : mand_ "Toda mund (i. e. village); burning place for dry funeral"
Toda : mod_ (obl. mor_t-) "locus of tribal activity, including village with dairy, dairy apart from village, and funeral place; patrilineal clan"
Additional forms : Also Kota mandm (obl. mandt-) meeting
Number in DED : 4777
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
Number in DED : 4777
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