Malayalam edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Tamil மூரி (mūri), Kannada ಮುರಿ (muri). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /muːɾi/
  • (file)

Noun edit

മൂരി (mūri)

  1. ox, bullock
  2. billow; a large wave
  3. stretching
  4. laziness, apathy, numbness through idleness
  5. stiffness, hardness

References edit

  • B. Bailey (1846) A dictionary of high and colloquial Malayalim and English[1]