பம்மு

Irula

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam (“fruit”), Cognate with Tamil பழம் (paḻam), Kannada ಹಣ್ಣು (haṇṇu), Malayalam പഴം (paḻaṁ), Telugu పండు (paṇḍu).

Noun

பம்மு (pammu)

1. fruit

References

• Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil‎^[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 15
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “par̤u”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356.