< Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian
Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/nīr
Proto-Dravidian
Pronoun
*nīr[1]
- you (plural)
Noun
*nīr[1]
- water
Descendants
- Southern:
- South-Central:
- Telugu: నీరు (nīru)
- Tamil-Kannada-Tulu:
- Tulu: ನೀರ್ (nīr)
- Kannada-Badaga:
- Badaga: நீரு (nīru)
- Kannada: ನೀರು (nīru)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- Old Tamil: 𑀦𑀻𑀭𑁆
- Tamil: நீர் (nīr)
- Malayalam: നീര് (nīrŭ)
- Old Tamil: 𑀦𑀻𑀭𑁆
- South-Central:
- Northern:
- Brahui: دیر (dīr)
- → Sanskrit: नीर (nīra)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press.