Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/pāmpu

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

*pāmpu

1. snake

Descendants

• Central Dravidian:
  • Kolami: पाम् (pām)
  • Southeastern Kolami: पाम् (pām)
  • Parji-Gadaba:
    • Ollari: बाम् (bām), बामु (bāmu), बाम्ब् (bāmb)
    • Duruwa: बाम् (bām)
• South Dravidian:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ಪಾವು (pāvu)
      • Badaga: ಹಾವು (hāvu), ಆವು (āvu)
      • Kannada: ಹಾವು (hāvu), ಪಾವು (pāvu)
        • → Tulu: ಹಾವು (hāvu)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Iruloid:
        • Attapady Kurumba: [script needed] (pāmbu)
        • Irula: [script needed] (pāmbu)
      • Kodava: ಪಾಂಬ್ (pāmbŭ)
      • Old Tamil: 𑀧𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀧𑀼 (pāmpu)
        • Malayalam: പാമ്പ് (pāmpŭ)
        • Tamil: பாம்பு (pāmpu)
    • Toda-Kota:
      • Toda: [script needed] (pōb)
      • Kota (India): [script needed] (pāb)
  • Tulu: ಪಾಂಬೊಲ್ (pāmbolŭ, “kind of flat, long fish”), ಪಾವು (pāvu)
• South-Central Dravidian:
  • Telugu: పాము (pāmu)
• → Prakrit: पाव (pāva), 𑀧𑀸𑀯 (pāva)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4085”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Subrahmanyam, P.S. (2011) A Supplement to Dravidian etymological dictionary, Chennai : Central Institute of Classical Tamil, page 128.