Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/puH

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

*puH

flower
cataract?

Alternative reconstructions

*puy

Descendants

Central Dravidian:
- Duruwa-Gadaba:
  - Duruwa: पू
  - Ollari: పూ (pū), పువ్వు (puvvu)
- Kolami: పూవ్ (pūv)
- Southeastern Kolami: పూత (pūta)

North Dravidian:
- Kurukh: [script needed] (pū̃p, pūmp)
- Kumarbhag Paharia: [script needed] (púpu, púthe)

South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ಪೂ (pū), ಪೂವು (pūvu)
    - Kannada: ಹೂ (hū), ಹೂವು (hūvu), ಪೂವು (pūvu)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Kodava: ಪೂ (pū), ಪೂವು (pūvu)
    - Kota-Toda:
      - Kota (India): பூ (pū)
      - Toda: [script needed] (pūf)
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Malayalam: പൂ (pū), പൂവ് (pūvŭ)
      - Tamil: பூ (pū)
- Tulu: ಪೂ (pū)

South-Central:
- Gondi: పుంగార్ (puṅgār), పుఙర్ (puṅar), పుయానా (puyānā)
- Konda-Kui:
  - Konda-Dora: పుయు (puyu)
  - Kui (India): ପୂଜୁ (pūju)
  - Kuvi: ପୂୟୁ (pūyu)
  - Manda (India): ପୁୟ୍ (puy)
  - Pengo: ପୁୟ୍ (puy)
- Telugu: పువ్వు (puvvu), పూవు (pūvu), పూ (pū)

Verb

*puH

to flower

Descendants

Kui (India): ପୂପା (pūpa)
Malayalam: പൂക്കുക (pūkkuka), പൂക്കൽ (pūkkal)
Tamil: பூ (pū)
Telugu: పూచు (pūcu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4345, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.