Праюжно-дравидийский: *naj-/*nē-
Значение: to desire, love; friendship
Тамильский: naya (-pp-, -nt-)
Тамильское значение: to desire greatly, long for, appreciate, respect, esteem, please, beseech, implore, love, woo, show affection for, be glad, rejoice, be sweet, pleasing, agreeable, be cheap
Тамильские производные: nayappi (-pp-, -tt-) to induce to love or desire, persuade, win one's compliance; nayappu affection, love, desire, delight, pleasure, cheapness; nayam, nayan_ grace, favour, desire, happiness, joy, gladness, goodness, civility, courtesy, love, affection, tenderness, piety, devotion, cheapness, fineness; nayavar lovers, friends; nē love, compassion, mercy, grace; nēcam love, affection, piety, desire as for learning, suitability; nēcan_ friend, ally, votary, devotee; fem. nēci; nēci (-pp-, -tt-) to love; nēyam love, affection, piety, devotion, good, benefit; nimmati tranquility (< Te.)
Малаялам: nayam
Малаяльское значение: gentleness; cheapness
Малаяльские производные: nēśan friend
Каннада: naya
Каннада значение: softness, smoothness, fineness, mildness, gentleness, pleasantness, cheapness
Кодагу: nayaN
Кодагу значение: (Shanmugam) gentle, smooth
Тулу: naya
Тулу значение: gentleness, meekness, kindness, fineness, polish, softness, delicacy, cheapness; fine, soft, smooth, glossy, gentle, meek, kind, cheap
Тулу производные: naiya soft; nasè soft, gentle; softness; neyimè fine; neyi-muli soft grass; neyi-panti a smooth kind of grass, soft straw; neyyoḷi a tender palm-leaf
Комментарии: Possibly two different roots (Tamil naja- doesn't regularly contract into nē-).
Номер по DED: 3602
