Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/cup

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

Noun

*cup

1. salt

Descendants

• → Nihali: चोपॉ (cōpā)
• *cupp-u
• Central Dravidian:
  • Kolami: सुप् (sup), सुप्पु (suppu)
• South Dravidian:
  • South Dravidian I:
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪು (uppu)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Kodava: ಉಪ್ಪ್ (uppŭ)
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
          • Malayalam: ഉപ്പ് (uppŭ)
          • Tamil: உப்பு (uppu)
      • Toda-Kota:
        • Toda: உப்
    • Tulu: ಉಪ್ಪು (uppu)
  • South Dravidian II:
    • Telugu: ఉప్పు (uppu)

Derived terms

• *cup-ar > *cuw-ar
  • Malayalam: ഉവർ (uvaṟ), ഓര് (ōṟ)
  • Tamil: உவர் (uvar)
  • *cupar-ppu > *cuwar-ppu
    • Tamil: உவர்ப்பு (uvarppu)

Further reading

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212.
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 97.