DEDR entry 3726

    Tamil
        nūl yarn, cotton thread, string, systematic treatise, science; (nūṟp-, nūṟṟ-) to spin, compose (as a poem), make a plot
        nūlār learned persons
        nūlōr learned persons
    Tamil-Tinnan
        nūpu spinning
    Malayalam
        nūl thread, yarn, measuring line
        nūlkka to spin
    Irula-Muduga
        nuglu thread
    Kota
        nūl thread; ?
        nurb- (nurby-) to twist, wring (neck)
    Toda
        nūs̱ thread
        nūs̱f- (nūs̱t-) to join ends of thread by rolling
    Kannada
        nūl yarn, thread (of cotton); (nūlt-) to make thread, spin
        nūlige spinning
        nūlisu to cause to spin
        nuli to twist (as a rope, etc.), wring, curl (whiskers), roll (as cotton) between the hands, turn round (as the back), twist off (as a twig); (the intestines) to gripe; n. (alsonulike, nulige) state of being twisted, a twist, cord, thread, twine; griping pain in the intestines
    Kannada-Halakki
        nugulu thread
    Kodagu
        nūlï thread
    Tulu
        nūlu thread, yarn
        nūloḍu spindle
        nūpuni to spin, twist, string
        nuppuni to twist.
    Telugu
        nūlu cotton thread
        nulaka a rough kind of rope or string
        nuli entanglement in a thread
        nuliyu to be twisted
        nulincu to twist
        nul(u)cu to twist
        nul(u)pu to twist
        nulumu to twist
        nulivu a twist
    Konda
        nūlu thread
        nuls- to twist
    Gondi
        nūl thread, string (Voc. 2020)
    Kui
        nūḍu (pl.nūṭka) cotton yarn, thread
        nōlba (nōṭ-) to twist strands together, spin thread; n. spinning.
    Kuwi
        lūlū
        lōlu thread. ?
    Pengo
        nūl thread
        nōṇ- (nōṭ-) to spin, twine
    Manda
        nūl thread
    Kolami
        nuv
    Kolami-Kinwat
        nūl thread
    Parji
        nūl id.
    Gadaba
        nūl id.
    Gadaba-Sunkar
        lūlu
    Kurux
        nō̃ē̃nā to wind or twist anything flexible, twist grass or creeper into rope. DED(S, N) 3087