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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/puẓu

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Noun

*puẓu[1][2]

  1. worm
  2. insect, vermin

Descendants
  • Southern Dravidian: *puẓ-u
    • Tulu: ಪುರಿ (puri), ಪುರು (puru, “snail”)
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada-Badaga:
        • Old Kannada: ಪುೞು (puḻu)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Toda-Kota:
          • Toda: [script needed] (puf)
          • Kota (India): [script needed] (pū)
        • Kodava: ಪುಳು (puḷu)
  • South-Central Dravidian: *puẓ-uku
    • Telugu: పురుగు (purugu), పుర్గు (purgu), పురువు (puruvu), పుర్వు (purvu), ప్రువ్వు (pruvvu)
    • Gondi-Kui:
      • Gondi: పుఱి (puṛi), పుఱీ (puṛī), పుఱుయ్ (puṛuy)
      • Konda-Dora: [script needed] (piṛvu), [script needed] (piṛu)
      • Manda-Pengo:
        • Pengo: [script needed] (pṛī)
      • Kuvi-Kui:
        • Kuvi: [script needed] (pliguli), [script needed] (pṛiyuli)
        • Kui: pṛiu, pṛīu, piṛu
  • Central Dravidian:
    • Kolami: पुर्रे (purre)/వుర్రె (purre)
    • Parji-Gadaba: *puẓ-ut-
      • Ollari: [script needed] (puḍut)
      • Duruwa: पुडुत् (puṛut)
  • Northern Dravidian: *poẓ-k/r- (?)
    • Kurukh-Malto:
      • Kurukh: पोच्गौ (pocgō)
      • Malto: पोच्रु (pocru)
    • Brahui: پُو‎ (pū)

References
  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
  2. Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.
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