Proto-South Dravidian : *nāl-
Meaning : four
Tamil : nāl, nālu, nān_ku, nālku
Tamil meaning : four
Tamil derivates : nān_kām fourth; nār_r_i fourfold; nār_patu, nāppatu forty; nān_ūr_u 400; nāl-āyiram 4,000; nālvar four persons; nār_kāli chair; nannān_ku by fours; four times four
Malayalam : nāl, nālu, nāŋku, nān
Malayalam meaning : (before nasals) four
Malayalam derivates : nālar, nālvar, nāluvar four persons; nālām fourth; nālkkāli quadruped; chair; nālkkālikka to creep on all fours; nālpatu forty; nānūr_u 400; nannālu by fours; nannāŋku four times four
Kannada : nāl(u), nāl(u)ku, nāku, nā
Kannada meaning : four
Kannada derivates : nālvar four persons; nālvattu, nalvattu forty; nālnūr_u, nānūr_u, nannūr_u 400
Kodagu : nālɨ
Kodagu meaning : four
Kodagu derivates : nā padɨ forty; nā nūrɨ 400; nāvë four persons (in songs); nannālɨ by fours
Tulu : nālụ
Tulu meaning : four
Tulu derivates : nālane fourth; nālverụ four persons; nālpa forty; nālụnūdu, nālnūdu, nānūdu 400; nālkoḷu, nalkoḷu four times; nāvoḷa four seers
Number in DED : 3655
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