Proto-South Dravidian : *maḍ-
Meaning : bent, curved; to fold
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
Notes : Kannada forms with inlaut -ṇ- (maṇi, etc.) hardly belong here; they can, however, be compared with *maṇi-kanṭ- 'wrist'.
Number in DED : 4645
