Proto-Nilgiri : *mal[ä]
Meaning : mountain
Kota : mal im "buffaloes of the Nilgiri tribes (i. e. mountain buffaloes)"
Toda : mal "the mountains (Nilgiris as opposed to the plains)"
Additional forms : Also Kota mal āṛ high downs on western half of Nilgiri plateau; Toda mas_ ōṛ id.
Number in DED : 4742