Proto-Dravidian [d856]

to make less or low

to be light, slight

lowliness

lowliness

mean, slight

slightness, worthlessness

inferiority, lowliness.

to become sapless or weak

PBh.

despicablesness, lowness of rank, circumstances, or character, poverty, weakness, depression of spirit

despicablesness, lowness of rank, circumstances, or character, poverty, weakness, depression of spirit

to cry down, disparage

the poor

humility, poverty

poor man, man of low caste

poor man, man of low caste

to ignore, disregard, ridicule

to despise, slight

lowness of rank or condition

inferiority, baseness

id., meanness, flimsiness

small, inferior, mean

small, inferior, mean

scorn, contempt, disregard; contemptible

DED(S, N) 728