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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/maruntu
Proto-Dravidian
Etymology
From *mar + *untu
Noun
*maruntu[1]
- medicine
Descendants
- Tamil: மருந்து (maruntu)
- Malayalam: മരുന്ന് (marunnŭ)
- Kannada: ಮದ್ದು (maddu), ಮರ್ದು (mardu)
- Telugu: మందు (mandu)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 530.