Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kār
Appearance
Proto-Dravidian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- *kārV
Etymology
[edit]From *karv- (“to burn”), compare Duruwa [script needed] (ker-), [script needed] (kerv-, “to burn”), Kondekor [script needed] (karid, “to burn away as rice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*kār
Derived terms
[edit]- Proto-Dravidian: *karuppu
Unsorted formations
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Southern Dravidian:
- Tamil: கரு (karu)
- Malayalam: കാർ (kāṟ), കരി (kari), കരു (karu)
- Kota (India): [script needed] (kār), [script needed] (kar)
- Toda: [script needed] (ka-), [script needed] (kax), [script needed] (kaxt)
- Kodava: ಕರಿ (kari)
- Tulu: ಕಾರಿ (kāri), ಕರಿಯ (kariya)
- Telugu: కారు (kāru), కరి (kari)
- Gondi: कार्यल (kāryal), करि (kari)
- Central Dravidian:
- Kolami: కారి (kāri)
- Southeastern Kolami: [script needed] (karan), [script needed] (karen)
- Northern Dravidian:
- Brahui: کری (kari)
- → Sanskrit: काल (kāla) (see there for further descendants)
See also
[edit]*weḷ | *kār, *cir- | |
*kem | *pac- | |
*pac- | ||
Noun
[edit]*kār
Descendants
[edit]- Southern Dravidian:
References
[edit]- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 181, 391.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1278”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 118.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1395”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130.