Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/il

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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/il

Proto-Dravidian

Noun

*il[1][2]

1. house

Descendants

• South Dravidian
  • South Central:
    • Telugu: ఇల్లు (illu)
    • Gondi-Kui:
      • Konda: ilu
  • Tamil-Kannada-Tulu:
    • Tulu: ಇಲ್ಲ್ (ill)
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kodava: ಇಲ್ಲವೇನ್ಪೆ (illavën, “man who is a relative”)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Tamil: இல் (il)
        • Malayalam: ഇല്ലം (illaṃ, “house, place”)
• Central Dravidian:
  • Kolami: ఎల్ల (ella)

References

1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8, 180, 524.
2. Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “il”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48.