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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *maṭ-
Meaning : small, short
Tamil : maṭṭam
Tamil meaning : smallness, inferiority, deficiency, decrease; pony, sapling
Tamil derivates : maṭṭai worthless person or thing, a variety of paddy (as inferior)
Malayalam : maṭṭam
Malayalam meaning : pony
Kannada : maṭṭa, maṭṭu, moṭṭa
Kannada meaning : shortness, smallness; decreasing, growing less (as wind, rain, price, etc.), small horse, pony
Kannada derivates : moṭaku state of being small in size; bit, piece (as of a pencil, etc.)
Tulu : maṭṭi-tautè
Tulu meaning : a small kind of cucumber
Number in DED : 4661
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *maṭ-
Meaning : inferiority
Kota : maṭm (obl. maṭt-)
Number in DED : 4661
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *maṭ-
Meaning : short, small; to diminish
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *maṭṭ-
Meaning : to decrease, diminish, abate (intr.)
Telugu : maṭṭagu
Dialectal forms (1) : maṭṭu-paḍu
Additional forms : Also [1] maṭṭagincu, [2] maṭṭu-cēyu to abate (tr.); maṭṭamu inferior, poor, bad, indifferent; maṭṭasamu small, petty, scanty; maṭṭasi a dwarf; maṭṭu limited, stinted, small, little, scanty; moṭika a remaining piece, remnant
Notes : Tel. moṭika probably borrowed from Kannada.
Number in DED : 4661
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-tel_2,telet-addition,telet-notes,telet-dednum,
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