Proto-South Dravidian : *mUḷ-
Meaning : to spring, shoot
Tamil : muḷai (-v-, -nt-; -pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning : to spring, grow as horns, hair, etc., sprout as shoots, germinate as seeds; n. shoot, sprout, seedling
Tamil derivates : ? muḷari lotus
Malayalam : muḷa
Malayalam meaning : germ, shoot, young plant
Malayalam derivates : muḷekka to germinate, shoot, grow up as rice-plants; muḷavu, muḷeppu sprouting, germinating
Kannada : moḷe
Kannada meaning : to germinate, grow, shoot forth, come out of the ground, sprout, bud, shoot; n. germ, bud, sprout, first shoot out of the ground
Kannada derivates : moḷake, moḷike germ, bud, sprout; moḷasu germination; a kind of morbid swelling of the guttural glands
Tulu : muḷiyuni, muḷeyuni, muḷevuni, moḷipuni, moḷepuni
Tulu meaning : to germ, shoot, sprout
Tulu derivates : muḷè germ, shoot; moḷike bud, germ
Number in DED : 4997
