Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/uḷḷi
Proto-Dravidian
editEtymology
editIn some Southern Dravidian languages, this word can be preceded by Proto-Dravidian *weḷ ~ *weṇ (“white”), forming a compound meaning “garlic”.
Noun
editDescendants
edit- Southern Dravidian:
- South Dravidian I:
- South Dravidian II:
- Central Dravidian:
- Northern Dravidian:
- Kurukh-Malto:
- Kurukh: उलि (uli)
- Kurukh-Malto:
- → Sanskrit: उल्ली (ullī), उलि (uli)
Derived terms
edit- Sothern Dravidian: *weḷ-uḷḷi
- Tulu: ಬೊಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ (boḷḷuḷḷi, “garlic”)
- Tamil-Kannada:
- Kannada: Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ (beḷḷuḷḷi, “garlic”)
- Tamil-Kodagu:
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- Tamil: வெள்ளுள்ளி (veḷḷuḷḷi, “garlic”)
- Malayalam: വെള്ളുള്ളി (veḷḷuḷḷi, “garlic”), വെളുത്തുള്ളി (veḷuttuḷḷi)
- Toda-Kota:
- Toda: [script needed] (pöḷ-ūḷy, “garlic”)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
References
edit- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69.