Tamil meaning :to graze, feed, prey on (as birds or beasts), gnaw (as white ants), roam, lead a profligate life
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to make to graze, feed; mēykki one who tends cattle, shepherd, cowherd; mēyccal grazing, common pasturage, grazing ground, food, profligacy; mēyppan_ herdsman, shepherd, grazier; mēyppu feeding, pasturing, grazing ground; mēyal grazing, pasture, herbage for cattle to eat; mēyavan_, mēyān_ resident, dweller; mēvu (mēvi-) to eat
Malayalam :mēyka
Malayalam meaning :to graze, browse
Malayalam derivates :mēykka to cause animals to graze or eat, feed, tend; mēypikka to cause another to feed cattle; mēccal, (Kauṭ.) mēccil grazing
Kannada :mē, mēyu (mēd-), mēy (mēyd-)
Kannada meaning :to graze, eat grass, browse, feed, eat
Kannada derivates :mēyisu, mēsu to graze (tr.), feed, cause animals to eat; (PBh.) mēta grazing; mēpu, mēhu, mēvu grazing, pasturage, feed of any kind; (PBh.) mēvaḷi graizng land, pasturage
Tulu derivates :mēpuni to feed or graze cattle; mēpāvuni to cause to feed or graze cattle; mēcelụ pasture, meadow; mēpari, mēpā̆li grazier, one who tends cattle; mēpu, mēvu food, fodder, pasturage; mēva a sweet kind of food, anything edible
Tamil derivates :mēkku height, high place, superiority; west; mē-taku to be eminent; mē-takai, mē-takavu excellence, eminence, greatness; mēntalai eminence, excellence; mēm-paṭu to rise high, be great; mēl that which is over or above, extra; sky, west, head, leadership, superiority, excellence; that which comes after; more, more than; before, previously; mēlimai excellence; mēlukku on the outer side, extremity; mēlai upper, western, etc.; mēlōr those who are seated high, as on horses; the great, those of superior rank or caste; mēr_ku west; mēn_mai greatness, eminence, excellence, dignity, superiority
Malayalam :mē
Malayalam meaning :over
Malayalam derivates :mēn what is above, superiority, excellence; mēnavan a superior (title of Śūdra writers); mēŋkai authority; mēnma excellence, superiority; mēl what is above, surface; mēlan, mēlavan a superior; mēlē upwards; mērkku westward
Kannada :mē
Kannada meaning :that which is above, etc.
Kannada derivates :mēgu (obl. mēgaṇ-), mēge the upper side, surface, etc.; mēgana upwardly; mēṃ- upper; mēṇ what is above; upwards, further, and, besides; mēl(u), mēla, mēle that which is above, the top, upper part, surface, that which is high, high, superior, lofty, that which is good or excellent, that which is to come, future, afterwards; mēludu upper garment
Kodagu :mē māḍi
Kodagu meaning :top story
Kodagu derivates :mēŋ gay back of hand; mēŋ gālɨ top part of foot; meppuṇi higher level in a field
Tulu :mēlụ
Tulu meaning :upper part of anything; superiority, excellence; futurity; upper, higher, superior, future; afterwards
Notes :The final -l- has normally to be considered as a suffix, albeit dating back to PDR, as it is also met in Telugu and CDR. However, if the root is indeed related to Altaic *meĺa 'head', it is not excluded that *mē- and *mēl- are in fact two contaminated roots.
Tamil meaning :haughtiness, excellence, chief, head, land granted free of tax to the headman of a village
Tamil derivates :mēṭṭimai haughtiness, leadership, excellence
Kannada :mēṭi
Kannada meaning :loftiness, greatness, excellence, a big man, a chief, a head, head servant
Number in DED :5091
Proto-South Dravidian :*mēv-
Meaning :to join; to be familiar
Tamil :mēvu (mēvi-)
Tamil meaning :to join, reach, desire, love, learn, study, level, make even (as the ground), manifest, assume, abide, dwell, be attached, be united, be fitted or joined; n. desire
Tamil derivates :mēvi (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to stay; mēvin_ar friends, allies; mēval desire; joining, uniting; mēvalar, mēvār foes, enemies
Malayalam :mēvuka
Malayalam meaning :to be familiar, occupied with, be accustomed to a place and prefer it; adjust, level
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to be poverty-stricken, destitute, be scanty; miṭimai, miṭivu poverty, want; miṭiyan_ poor, indigent; miṭai (-v-, -nt-) to be distressed
Malayalam :muṭukuka
Malayalam meaning :to be distressed
Kannada :miḍi, miḍu
Kannada meaning :grief
Kannada derivates :miḍuku, miḍugu to be very much distressed, grieve, mourn; miḍuku grieving, lamenting, groaning; miḍa, miṭṭane in a sorrowful manner
Notes :Unclear -u- in Malayalam.
Number in DED :4849
Proto-South Dravidian :*miḍ-
Meaning :to move
Kannada :miḍuku
Kannada meaning :to move (intr.); n. moving
Number in DED :4852
Proto-South Dravidian :*mIḍ-
Meaning :to weave, plait
Tamil :miṭai (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning :to weave as a mat, etc.
Malayalam :miṭayuka
Malayalam meaning :to plait, braid, twist, wattle
Malayalam derivates :miṭaccal plaiting, etc.; miṭappu tuft of hair; miṭala screen or wicket, ōlas plaited together
Kannada :meḍar_u
Kannada meaning :to plait as screens, etc.
Kannada derivates :(Hav.) maḍe to knit, weave (as a basket); (Gowda) mEḍi plait
