Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/nūṯu

This Proto-South 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-South Dravidian

Numeral

*nūṯu

1. hundred

Descendants

• South Dravidian I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ನೂಱು (nūṟu)
      • Alu Kurumba: ನೂಱು (nūṟu)
      • Badaga: ನೂರು (nūru)
      • Kannada: ನೂರು (nūru)
    • Kodava: ನೂರು (nūru)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Malayalam: നൂറ് (nūṟŭ)
      • Tamil: நூறு (nūṟu)
  • Tulu: ನೂದು (nūdu)
• South Dravidian II:
  • Old Telugu: నూఱు (nūṟu)
    • Telugu: నూరు (nūru)
    • → Gondi: నూర్ (nūr), నుర్ (nur)
    • → Kolami: నూర్ (nūr)

See also

• Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3729”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.