Proto-South Dravidian : *mūẓ-
Meaning : to immerse
Tamil : muẓuku (muẓuki-)
Tamil meaning : to bathe the entire body by dipping or pouring, sink, be entirely immersed (as in business)
Tamil derivates : muẓukku (muẓukki-) to immerse (tr.); muẓucu (muẓuci-) to dive, dip, get in, enter; muẓuttu (muẓutti-) to plunge, dip in, drown (tr.); muẓuval an aquatic bird; mūẓ (-pp-, -tt-) to submerge, engulf; mūẓku (mūẓki-) to plunge, submerge, sink as a ship; mūẓttu (mūẓtti-) id. (tr.); muŋku (muŋki-) to plunge, sink, be immersed; mukku (mukki-) to press under water, immerse; mukkuḷi (-pp-, -tt-) to dive; muŋkācci plunging in water; mukkuvar a sect of fishermen
Malayalam : muẓukuka
Malayalam meaning : to sink under water, dive, be immersed
Malayalam derivates : muẓukikka, muŋŋikka to bathe a child, plunge, immerse; muŋŋuka to dive, plunge, sink; mukkuka to dip, immerse, plunge; drown (as criminals); dye; mukkuvar a class of fishermen; (Kauṭ.) muḷkkuka to immerse
Kannada : muẓugu, muẓagu, muẓigu, muẓ(u)ku, muẓiŋku, muẓuŋku, muẓuŋgu, muṇugu, muṇagu, muṇigu
Kannada meaning : to go or sink under water, sink, become plunged in a liquid, immerse oneself, dive, dip, set as the sun, be ruined
Kannada derivates : muẓugisu, muṇugisu, etc., to immerse, dip, etc. (tr.); muẓavu, muẓuvu ruin, loss
Kodagu : muŋŋ- (muŋŋi-)
Kodagu meaning : to dive
Kodagu derivates : mukk- (mukki-) to dip (tr.) under water; mukkovë a class of fishermen
Tulu : murkuni, muḷuguni, muṇuguni
Tulu meaning : to sink, immerse (intr.), be ruined, (sun) to set
Tulu derivates : murkāvuni to cause to sink, immerse, ruin; murgelụ ducking, diving; muŋguduni to dive, sink
Notes : The root had a long vowel originally, as evidenced by Tamil mūṛ, etc. However, it is more often met with an accented suffix (*muṛ-úg-, etc.), as well as with one-consonant suffixes (*mūṛ-g-, etc.). Tamil mūṛku is irregular (*mūṭku should be expected), probably due to analogization with the rest of the forms.
Number in DED : 4993
