Nari is not a common word in Tulu. It is a common Kannada word for jackal. The common word for jackal in Tulu is kuduke However, you can find place names in Tulunadu such as 'Naringana' and 'Narimogaru'. 'Narikkarụmbu' is a kind of plant resembling sugarcane. Here too the word 'Nari' is present

The ancient word 'nari in tribal languages represented tiger (not jackal).

and we can find this still preserved and existing in the neighbouring Kodava language. Incidentally, Tulu has forgotten the original tribal word 'nari' which has been shifted to jackal and original tribal word replaced by 'pili', a word from Dravida lingual lineage. The word "nari" in Tulu has other meanings such as
(a) dented
(b) broken
(c) wet, soft and rotten.