Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kār

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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kār

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

• *kārV[1]

Etymology

From *karv- (“to burn”), compare Duruwa [script needed] (ker-), [script needed] (kerv-, “to burn”), Kondekor [script needed] (karid, “to burn away as rice”).[1]

Adjective

*kār[1]

1. black

Derived terms

• Dravidian: *karappu
  • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು (kappu), ಕರಿ (kari)
  • Tamil: கருப்பு (karuppu)
  • Malayalam: കറുത്ത (kaṟutta)

Descendants

• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tamil: [script needed] (karu)
  • Malayalam: [script needed] (kār), [script needed] (kari), [script needed] (karu)
  • Kota: [script needed] (kār), [script needed] (kar)
  • Tongan: [Term?] (ka-), [Term?] (kax), [Term?] (kaxt)
  • Kodava: [script needed] (kari)
  • Tulu: [script needed] (kāri), [script needed] (kariya)
  • Telugu: [script needed] (kāru), [script needed] (kari)
  • Gondi: [script needed] (kāryal), [script needed] (kari)
• Central Dravidian:
  • Kolami: [script needed] (kāri)
  • Southeastern Kolami: [script needed] (karan), [script needed] (karen)
• Northern Dravidian:
  • Brahui: کری‎ (kari)

Noun

*kār[2]

1. blackness

Descendants

• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tamil: [script needed] (kar), [script needed] (kāri), [script needed] (karumai)
  • Kannada: [script needed] (kār), [script needed] (kare, “blackness, dark cloud”)
  • Kota: [script needed] (kayr, “charcoal, soot”)

References

1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 181, 391
2. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13