Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/yĀ-
Proto-Dravidian
editAlternative forms
editDeterminer
edit*yĀ-
- which (interrogative root)
Descendants
editDerived terms
edit- *ya-tu
- Tamil: எது (etu)
- *ya-wanṯu
- *ya-waḷ
- *ya-war
- *yĀ-tu
- *yĀ-wanṯu
- *yĀ-waḷ
- *yĀ-war
- *yĀ-r
- *yĀ-nṯu (“when”)
- Unsorted formations:
- Tamil: எந்த (enta), ஏன் (ēṉ), யாவது (yāvatu), யாங்கண் (yāṅkaṇ), யாங்கு (yāṅku), எதோள் (etōḷ), என்னணம் (eṉṉaṇam), என்னன் (eṉṉaṉ), என்னவன் (eṉṉavaṉ), எந்து (entu), எப்படி (eppaṭi), எவ்வளவு (evvaḷavu), எவ்வாறு (evvāṟu), எப்பொழுது (eppoḻutu), எம்மை (emmai), என்றிய (eṉṟiya), எற்றை (eṟṟai), என்னது (eṉṉatu)
- Malayalam: എന്ത് (entŭ), എപ്പോൾ (eppōḷ), എവിടെ (eviṭe), എത്ര (etra), എങ്ങ് (eṅṅŭ), എന്ന (enna), ഏതാണ്ട് (ētāṇṭŭ)
- Kannada: ಎಷ್ಟು (eṣṭu), ಯಾವುದು (yāvudu)
See also
editProto-Dravidian personal pronouns
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | exclusive | *yĀn | *yĀm | ||
inclusive | *ñām | ||||
reflexive | *tān | *tām | |||
2nd person | *nīn | *nīm | |||
3rd person | masculine | *iwanṯu (proximal) *uwanṯu (yonder) *awanṯu (distal) *yĀwanṯu (interrogative) |
*iwar (proximal) *uwar (yonder) *awar (distal) *yĀwar (interrogative) | ||
non-masculine | *itu (proximal) *utu (yonder) *atu (distal) *yĀtu (interrogative) |
*iway (proximal) *uway (yonder) *away (distal) *yĀway (interrogative) |
References
edit- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5151”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 465.