Proto-South Dravidian : *gum-
Meaning : heap, crowd
Tamil : kumi (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to be heaped up, accumulate, crowd
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to heap up, accumulate, gather; (Koll.) kumiyal pile; kuvi (-v-, -nt-) to crowd, press up (as people), be piled up (as sand, grain), be accumulated, stored up; (-pp-, -tt-) to heap up, pile up conically, accumulate, hoard up; kuvavu (kuvavi-) to be piled up; heap up, gather; n. heap, pile, assemblage, mound; kuvāl, kuvai heap, pile, collection, mound; kuviyal, kuvivu heap, pile; kumpu crowd, collection, group; kumpal id., heap, clump, cluster; kumpam, kumpi heap; kūppu (kūppi-) to heap up (as sand or grain); kūvai crowd, gathering
Malayalam : kumi
Malayalam meaning : heap (as of rice), stack, pile
Malayalam derivates : kumiyuka to be heaped together; kumikka, kumekka to heap up; kuvika to be assembled; kuvikka to heap up; kūmpal a heap; kūmpikka to heap
Kannada : gumi, gummi, gummu, gumme, gumpu
Kannada meaning : heap, crowd, multitude
Kannada derivates : gubaru, guburu thickness, crowdedness, thick foliage of a tree or shrub
Tulu : gumugumu
Tulu meaning : noise of a multitude
Tulu derivates : gumpu flock, crowd, multitude, heap
Number in DED : 1741
