Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/cirumpu
Proto-South Dravidian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Dravidian *cir- (“black”) + *umpu (compare *karumpu).
Noun
edit*cirumpu[1]
- (metallurgy) black metal; iron
Descendants
edit- South Dravidian:
- South-Central Dravidian:
References
edit- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 10, 527.
Further reading
edit- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “irumpu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47.