Nostratic etymology : List with all references

Eurasiatic: *mVṭV

Meaning: bend

Altaic: *mi̯at`è

Dravidian: *maḍ-

References: ND 1500 *maṭV 'to bend' (+ Sem.).

Proto-Altaic: *mi̯at`è

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to bend

Russian meaning: сгибать

Mongolian: *mata-

Tungus-Manchu: *mita-

Japanese: *mǝtǝr-

Comments: Correspondences are regular, and the etymology seems quite reliable.

Proto-Mongolian: *mata- (/ *mita-)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to bend, bow

Russian meaning: сгибать, склонять(ся)

Written Mongolian: mata- (L 530), matari-, mitara- 'se courber' (SM)

Khalkha: mata-

Buriat: mata-

Kalmuck: matǝ-

Ordos: matǟ-

Dagur: mata- (Тод. Даг. 154: matĺēn 'bent, curved')

Monguor: mātari 'petit pain enroulé et cuit au bain-marie' (SM 234)

Comments: KW 258, MGCD 482. Mong. > Evk., Man. mata- (ТМС 1, 533), see Doerfer MT 61.

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *mita-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to bend over 2 to go back

Russian meaning: 1 перегибаться, разгибаться 2 отскакивать обратно

Literary Manchu: mita- 1

Jurchen: mi-ta-buje- 2 (539)

Comments: ТМС 1, 539.

Proto-Japanese: *mǝtǝr-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to bend 2 to deviate

Russian meaning: 1 изгибаться 2 отступать, расходиться

Old Japanese: motor- 1

Tokyo: motór- 2

Kyoto: mótór- 2

Kagoshima: motór- 2

Comments: JLTT 727. Accent is not quite clear.

Proto-Dravidian : *maḍ-

Meaning : to fold

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *maḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *maḍ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *maḍ-

Proto-South Dravidian : *maḍ-

Meaning : bent, curved; to fold

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : maṭaŋku (maṭaŋki-)

Tamil meaning : to become bent as the arm or leg, be shut, closed or folded as a knife or table, be inflected, deflected, refracted, bent out of place, bend, turn as a road or river, turn about, be repeated, be twisted, distorted as a limb, be diminished, shrink, submit, yield, surrender, be humbled, tamed, be decreased in force, be stopped, hindered, be turned off, diverted (as weapons), be refuted; n. suppression, control

Tamil derivates : maṭaŋkal bending, being bent, crook, angle, corner, returning, curving or blunting of the edge, suppression, control, Yama (as subduer of all things); maṭakku (maṭakki-) to bend as the arms or knees, draw in, fold, shut (as a knife), double, deflect, turn, turn about, turn back, repeat, subdue, restrain, hinder, tame, humble, counteract, wear round the waist (as a garment); n. bend, crook, flexure, corner, inflexion, deflexion, refraction, turn, fold, folding, curb, check, rebuff, repetition, recurrence, zigzag course; maṭakkaṭi crookedness; maṭakkam flexure, crook, subjection, subordination, restraint, limitation, return, relapse (as of a fever); maṭali (-pp-, -tt-) to bend double; maṭi (-v-, -nt-) to be bent, folded, turned down, lapped in, be turned as an edge or point, roll or waver, shrink, contract; (-pp-, -tt-) to fold as the arms, fold up (as cloth or paper), shut up (as a folding knife), turn down, turn in, curl, trample down, throw into confusion; n. crease in the abdomen, belly, stomach, waist, lap, fold as in a paper, fold in cloth wrapped round the waist answering for a pocket, udder (esp. of a cow), submission, ruin, loss, lie, falsehood, turn, time; maṭippu fold, doubling, plait, crease, mark of a fold, trick, fraud, fold, crease in the abdomen as from obesity; maṭivi (-pp-, -tt-) to blunt as the edge of an instrument

Malayalam : maṭaŋŋuka

Malayalam meaning : to be bent, folded, double up, return, return defeated, retreat

Malayalam derivates : maṭaŋŋippikka to cause to turn back; maṭaŋŋu a fold, turn, time; maṭakkam folding, return, discomfiture, golden necklace (clasped); maṭakkuka to fold, plait, bend, turn back, give or take back, overcome; maṭakku a fold, joint, knuckle; maṭayuka to fold, braid; maṭi fold, that part of a cloth which hangs loosely from the girdle, lap, bosom; maṭiyuka to be bent, coiled up; maṭippu fold, complication; maṇaŋŋuka to bend, bow

Kannada : maḍate

Kannada meaning : folding, a fold

Kannada derivates : maḍapu, maḍipu what is folded, a fold as of cloth, betel leaf, paper, etc.; maḍalu, maḍil, maḍlu, maḷḷu the pouch-like fold occasionally made (by women or men) of the front portion of their upper garment, to put in eatables, etc.; maḍi to bend, fold up, double or lay together; n. bending, doubling, folding, the pouch-like fold, etc., fold, times; maḍike bending, folding, laying together, a fold, times; maḍisu, maḍacu, maḍasu to bend, fold, fold up, double up; (??) maṇi to bend, bow, bow down, make obeisance; bend (tr.); n. bending, a bow, obeisance; maṇisu to bend, cause to bend; maṇagu to bend, be submissive; maṇikāl knee

Kodagu : maḍak- (maḍaki-)

Kodagu meaning : to fold (tr.)

Kodagu derivates : maḍakɨ a bend, fold; ? maṇa-kay elbow

Tulu : maḍatè

Tulu meaning : a fold, crease

Tulu derivates : maḍi fold, the quantity added; maḍikè folding, doubling, wrinkle, crease; maḍipāvuni to make fold, cause to fold; maḍipu a fold, plait; maḍipuni to fold, plait, double up; maḍiyuni to become folded, doubled up; maṭṭelu the pouch in front formed by the folds of a female's garment and used as a pocket, the bosom, lap

Proto-Nilgiri : *maḍ-

Notes : Kannada forms with inlaut -ṇ- (maṇi, etc.) hardly belong here; they can, however, be compared with *maṇi-kanṭ- 'wrist'.

Number in DED : 4645

Proto-Nilgiri : *maḍ-

Meaning : to fold

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : maṛk- (maṛky-) "to fold (tr.), subdue, make to obey"

Toda : moṛy- (moṛc-) "to fold neatly or properly (intr., tr.; garment, cane loop)"

Additional forms : Also Kota mac lap, lap of garment; Toda moṛx- (moṛxy-) to bend (intr.), be defeated in argument, fall on evil days; moṛk- (moṛky-) to fold (tr.), bend, defeat in argument; moṛk a fold; moḍk- (moḍky-) to defeat in argument; moṛy lap; ? meṛ id.; ? moṛy- (moṛs-) to have foot-and-mouth disease

Notes : Some forms, like Kota mac, Toda meṛ, etc., are indeed debatable.

Number in DED : 4645

Proto-Telugu : *maḍ-

Meaning : fold, plait

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : maḍãka

Additional forms : Also [1] maḍãgu, [2] maḍũgu, [3] maḍuvu, [4] maṇãgu, [5] maṇũgu to bend, be bent, be doubled, fold, be folded, turn back, return, (K also) be submissive; [1] maḍãcu, [2] maḍũcu, [3] maṇũcu, (K also) maṇãcu to fold, plait, double, bend, turn in; maḍata, (K also) maḍãta a fold, plait, crease; maḍata peṭṭu to fold, double up, crease; maḍi (so many) times; maḍũgu a time (e. g. reṇḍu maḍũgulu twice as much, ayidu maḍũgulu five times as much); maḍupu a fold, plait, fold or roll of betel leaf; muḍuta fold, doubling

Number in DED : 4645

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *maḍ-

Meaning : to fold

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : maḍkip- (maḍkit-) "to fold, roll up"

Number in DED : 4645

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