மூன்று
Irula
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Dravidian *mūnṯu (“three”). Cognate with Kannada ಮೂರು (mūru) and Tamil மூன்று (mūṉṟu).
Pronunciation
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editமூன்று (mūṉṟu) (Kunjapana dialect)
- three
- மூன்று நாளு அதிலி இருந்து,
- mü:ṉḏü na:ḷü adili iründü,
- Having stayed there three days,
References
edit- Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 25
- Varghese, Bijumon (2015) The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala, A Sociolinguistic Profile[2], SIL International
Tamil
edit30 | ||
[a], [b] ← 2 | ௩ 3 |
4 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: மூன்று (mūṉṟu), மூணு (mūṇu) Ordinal: மூன்றாவது (mūṉṟāvatu), மூன்றாம் (mūṉṟām), மூணாவது (mūṇāvatu), மூணாம் (mūṇām) Adjectival: மூ (mū), மு (mu), திரி (tiri) |
Alternative forms
edit- மூணு (mūṇu) — colloquial
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Dravidian *mūnṯu (“three”). Cognate with Kannada ಮೂರು (mūru), Malayalam മൂന്നു (mūnnu), Tulu ಮೂಜಿ (mūji), Telugu మూఁడు (mūn̆ḍu).
Pronunciation
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editமூன்று • (mūṉṟu)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “மூன்று”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
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