Tamil meaning :to praise, extol, flatter, esteem, admire greatly, wonder; n. approbation, commendation
Kannada :marcu, maccu, meccu
Kannada meaning :to be very much devoted to, assent, be pleased with, like, approve; n. superior attendance, great devotion, approbation, liking, fondness, pleasure
Kannada derivates :marcisu, maccisu, mercisu, meccisu to cause to assent, please; maccike, meccike, meccige assent, etc.
Kodagu :mecc- (mecci-)
Kodagu meaning :to be pleased
Tulu :meccuni
Tulu meaning :to approve, consent, be pleased
Tulu derivates :meccigè approval, approbation, applause; meccāvuni to please
Tamil derivates :melku (melki-) to become soft, be light; mella, meḷḷa softly, slowly, gently; melli woman; mellikkai thinness; mellitu, mellicu that which is soft or fine; thinness, slenderness; melliyar the weak, the emaciated, the poor; low, mean person; women (as of delicate build); mell-en_al, meḷḷ-en_al expr. signifying being soft, gentle, being dull; meli (-v-, -nt-) to be weak, become lean, thin, suffer, languish, perish, become poor, reduced in circumstances, be softened (as a hard coconut), be lowered in pitch (music); (-pp-, -tt-) to weaken, make lean, thin, cause suffering, destroy, soften (a hard consonant), lower the pitch; meliyavan_ weak, powerless man; melivu weakness, feebleness, languor, fatigue, etc.; men_mai softness, etc.
Malayalam :mel
Malayalam meaning :slender, tender
Malayalam derivates :meliyuka to grow thin, lean; melivu, meliccal thinness, leanness; melluka, mellikka to be thin, fine; mellē slowly, gently, softly
Kannada :mel(u)
Kannada meaning :soft, tender, pliant, mild, gentle, kind, pleasant; slow, etc.
Kannada derivates :melpu softness, mildness; mella, mellane, melle gently, softly, slowly; mellitu, mellittu that which is soft, mild, etc.
Kodagu :melle
Kodagu meaning :lightly, slowly
Tulu :mella
Tulu meaning :slow, soft, gentle; slowly, softly, gently
Tulu derivates :melipuni to knead as dough, tread into a well-mixed mass (as earth); melippu kneading, mixing well into a mass, macerating; meliyuni to become well-mixed, be reduced by sickness
Kannada meaning :to move to and fro, move about, swing, wave, jump or fly about, roll; n. moving to and fro, etc.
Kannada derivates :miḷircu to move about (tr.); miḷḷir_i to move to and fro, move about; miḷḷisu to move about, fly, float, wave, jump, frisk; meḷḷisu to move round (tr.), cause to revolve, roll (as the eyeball); meḷḷe rolling, looking obliquely, squinting; meḷḷa id., a squinting man
Tulu :malave
Tulu meaning :man with squint eyes
Notes :Kannada miḷḷir_i, miḷḷisu are obviously secondary.
Tamil meaning :smoothness, glitter, lustre, polish
Tamil derivates :meravaṇai procession
Kannada :merugu
Kannada meaning :shine, lustre
Kannada derivates :mir_ugu to glitter, flash, sparkle, shine; mir_u shining, sparkling; mir_ugu, mir_upu glitter, shine, lustre; mer_e to shine, gleam, glitter; become manifest, appear, assume an ostentatious appearance; make manifest, display; n. shine, lustre; mer_asu, mer_isu, mer_ayisu to cause to shine, make manifest, display, exhibit; mer_avaṇi, mer_avaṇ(i)ge ostentatious display
Tulu :merè
Tulu meaning :display, parade
Tulu derivates :merepini, mereyuni, merevuni to shine; swagger, make an ostentatious display; merepāvuni to make shine; merpu glitter, lustre; meraṇigè, meravaṇigè procession
Notes :Kannada merugu seems to be borrowed from Tamil (*mer_-gu > *mergu/meggu normally). The irregular i-vocalism in Kannada is possibly due to contamination with minugu 'to shine, glitter', etc.
Number in DED :5074
Proto-South Dravidian :*mer_-ai
Meaning :a sp. kind of hook
Kannada :mer_e-kōlu
Kannada meaning :iron hook (= Kota mar)
Kannada derivates :? mere to wander, roam about
Tulu :mijipuni, mijiluni
Tulu meaning :(?) to be full of worms, affected with worms
Notes :The Tulu form is put here by B&E due to the meaning 'to stir, swarm' ('sp. hook' = 'hook for stirring straw'), but the semantics and phonetics are too loose.
Tamil meaning :expr. signifying (a) being smooth or soft, (b) being gentle, (c) being slow, (d) being dull
Tamil derivates :mett-en_avu mildness of disposition, even temper, gentleness, pliancy; metu softness, gentleness, slowness, dullness, bluntness (as of an edge); metumetu (-pp-, -tt-) to be soft to the touch (as fruit); metumetuppu softness, having a soft surface
Kannada :mettage, mettige
Kannada meaning :softness; soft, pliant, etc.; softly, slowly
Kannada meaning :to put or place down the foot or feet, step, pace, walk, tread or trample on, put the foot on or in, put on (as a slipper or shoe); n. stepping, step of the foot, stop on a stringed instrument; sandal, shoe, step of a stair
Kannada derivates :meṭṭisu to cause to step; meṭṭige, meṭla step, stair
Kodagu :moṭṭɨ
Kodagu meaning :footprint, foot measure, doorsteps
Tulu :muṭṭu
Tulu meaning :shoe, sandal; footstep; steps, stairs
Tamil derivates :mēṭu height, eminence, hillock; muṭṭu rising ground, high ground, heap
Malayalam :mēṭu
Malayalam meaning :rising ground, hillock
Malayalam derivates :māṭu hillock, raised ground; miṭṭāl rising ground, an alluvial bank; (Tiyya) maṭṭa hill
Kannada :mēḍu
Kannada meaning :height, rising ground, hillock
Kannada derivates :miṭṭu rising or high ground, hill; miṭṭe state of being high, rising ground, hill, mass, a large number; (Hav.) muṭṭe heap (as of straw)
Tulu :miṭṭè
Tulu meaning :prominent, protruding
Tulu derivates :muṭṭe heap
Notes :The two variants of the root seem to have been in free variation in PSDR (?). Vocalism correspondences are irregular: especially strange is Kannad/Tulu -i-. The forms with *-u- are due to contamination with *mūḍ- 'bundle, heap'.
Tamil meaning :to cleanse floor with cowdung solution, smear as the body with sandal paste, gloss over, varnish; n. cowdung, wax, gum, soft waxy pill, mass
Tamil derivates :meẓukku smearing with cowdung water as the floor, cowdung, substance or solution used to smear any surface; meẓukkam ground or floor prepared by being smeared with cowdung water
Malayalam :meẓu, meẓuku
Malayalam meaning :wax
Malayalam derivates :meẓukuka to anoint, wax, varnish, daub a place with cowdung; meẓukku anointing, varnish, daubing, polishing
