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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *maran. Cognate with Kannada ಮರ (mara).
ಮೆರಿ (meri)
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- Zvelebil, Kamil V. (1982) “ಮೆರಿ”, in Bëṭṭu̵ Kuṟumba: First Report on a Tribal Language[1], Journal of the American Oriental Society