Proto-South Dravidian : *nāl-
Meaning : four
Tamil : nāl, nālu, nān_ku, nālku
Tamil meaning : four
Tamil derivates : nān_kām fourth; nār_r_i fourfold; nār_patu, nāppatu forty; nān_ūr_u 400; nāl-āyiram 4,000; nālvar four persons; nār_kāli chair; nannān_ku by fours; four times four
Malayalam : nāl, nālu, nāŋku, nān
Malayalam meaning : (before nasals) four
Malayalam derivates : nālar, nālvar, nāluvar four persons; nālām fourth; nālkkāli quadruped; chair; nālkkālikka to creep on all fours; nālpatu forty; nānūr_u 400; nannālu by fours; nannāŋku four times four
Kannada : nāl(u), nāl(u)ku, nāku, nā
Kannada meaning : four
Kannada derivates : nālvar four persons; nālvattu, nalvattu forty; nālnūr_u, nānūr_u, nannūr_u 400
Kodagu : nālɨ
Kodagu meaning : four
Kodagu derivates : nā padɨ forty; nā nūrɨ 400; nāvë four persons (in songs); nannālɨ by fours
Tulu : nālụ
Tulu meaning : four
Tulu derivates : nālane fourth; nālverụ four persons; nālpa forty; nālụnūdu, nālnūdu, nānūdu 400; nālkoḷu, nalkoḷu four times; nāvoḷa four seers
Proto-Nilgiri : *nā-ŋ Proto-Nilgiri : *nā-ŋ
Meaning : four
Kota : nāng [n, not ŋ]
Toda : nōng (obl. nōngn-)
Additional forms : Also Kota nāng nūr 400; nālvat, nālat forty; nār pāṇy four pāṇy measures; nār pād forty days; nān digl four months; nān mayṇ four o'clock; nān janm four castes; nān mūl four directions; nā calg four calg measures; nā nāḷ four days; nā nūr 400; nā nāng by fours; Toda pāng fourteen; nō xwāw four kwāx measures; nō nūr_ 400; naɫ poɵ forty
Number in DED : 3655
Number in DED : 3655