Proto-South Dravidian : *nūr_-
Meaning : to grind
Tamil : nūr_u (nūr_i-)
Tamil meaning : to crush, pulverize, reduce to powder, demolish, destroy; n. powder, dust, flour
Tamil derivates : nuvar_u (nuvar_i-) to file; nur_ukku (nur_ukki-) to crush, pulverize, reduce to powder; nur_uŋku (nur_uŋki-) to be powdered, crushed, squeezed; n. grit; nor_ukku (nor_ukki-) to break, crush, smash to pieces; n. crushing; nor_uŋku (nor_uŋki-) to be broken, crushed, smashed; n. broken grains, grits, powder; nor_unor_u (-pp-, -tt-) to be brittle, fragile; nukku (nukki-) to break in pieces, grind, powder, crush
Malayalam : nūr_u
Malayalam meaning : powder, esp. powdered lime, starch
Malayalam derivates : nūr_uka to be pulverized; nur_uŋŋuka to be broken into small pieces, shattered, pulverized; nur_uŋŋu bit, chip, atom; nur_ukkuka to crush, break in pieces, pound; nur_ukku bit, fragment, broken rice; nuccu broken rice
Kannada : nūr_u
Kannada meaning : state of being crushed
Kannada derivates : nūku, nūgu fragments, grit; nur_i to be reduced to small bits or powder, be crushed; n. state of being crushed; nur_uku, nur_ugu, nurgu, nuggu to crush; be crushed; nurgu, nuggu, nurcu state of being crushed; nurcu, nuccu fragments, bits, grits; nurcu, nur_isu to crush to fragments
Kodagu : nuri
Kodagu meaning : very small bits of broken rice
Kodagu derivates : nucci broken grains of rice
Tulu : nuriyuni
Tulu meaning : to break, go to pieces, decay
Tulu derivates : nuripuni, nurpuni to break, powder, granulate, pulverize; nuritelụ bruising, chips; nurkallụ kind of pebbles found in rice; nukkuni to bruise; nujji, nujju contusion, bruise
Number in DED : 3728
