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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/āṭu
Proto-Dravidian
Verb
*āṭu[1][2]
- to play, to dance
Descendants
- South Dravidian:
- Tulu: ಆಡುನಿ (āḍuni)
- Tamil-Kannada:
- Kannada-Badaga:
- Kannada: ಆಡು (āḍu), ಆಟು (āṭu)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- Tamil: ஆடு (āṭu), ஆட்டு (āṭṭu)
- Malayalam: ആടുക (āṭuka)
- Kannada-Badaga:
- South-Central Dravidian:
- Telugu: ఆడు (āḍu)
See also
- *āṭṭ-u (noun form)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “āṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 32.