Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/puẓu

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

*puẓu

1. worm

Descendants

• Southern: *puẓ-u
  • Southern I: *puẓ-u
    • Tulu: ಪುರಿ (puri), ಪುರು (puru, “snail”)
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada-Badaga:
        • Old Kannada: ಪುೞು (puḻu)
          • Jennu Kurumba: ಉಳು (uḷu)
          • Kannada: ಹುಳು (huḷu)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
          • Tamil: புழு (puḻu)
          • Malayalam: പുഴു (puḻu), പുയ്ജു (puyju)
          • Irula: பூ (pū), புகு (puku)
        • Toda-Kota:
          • Toda: [script needed] (puf)
          • Kota (India): பூ (pū)
        • Kodava: ಪುಳು (puḷu)
  • Southern II: *puẓ-uku
    • Telugu: పురుగు (purugu), పుర్గు (purgu), పురువు (puruvu), పుర్వు (purvu), ప్రువ్వు (pruvvu)
    • Gondi-Kui:
      • Gondi: పుఱి (puṟi), పుఱీ (puṟī), పుఱుయ్ (puṟuy)
      • Konda-Dora: [script needed] (piṛvu), [script needed] (piṛu)
      • Manda-Pengo:
        • Pengo: [script needed] (pṛī)
      • Kuvi-Kui:
        • Kuvi: [script needed] (pliguli), [script needed] (pṛiyuli)
        • Kui (India): [script needed] (pṛiu), [script needed] (pṛīu), [script needed] (piṛu)

• Central:
  • Kolami: पुर्रॆ (purre)
  • Kolami: पुऴॆ (Puḻe)
  • Parji-Gadaba: *puẓ-ut-
    • Ollari: पुडुत् (puḍut)
    • Duruwa: पुडुत्

• Northern: *poẓ-k/r- (?)
  • Kurukh-Malto:
    • Kurukh: पोच्गौ (pocgau)
    • Malto: पोच्रु
  • Brahui: پُو (pū)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “381”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.