Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ēẓ

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

Numeral

*ēẓ

1. seven

Descendants

• Central:
  • Kolami: ఏడ్ (ēḍ), ఎడ్ (eḍ)
• South:
  • Kannadoid:
    • Alu Kurumba: ಏಳು (ēḷu)
    • Betta Kurumba: [script needed] (əːjɨ)
    • Old Kannada: ಏೞು (ēḻu)
      • Kannada: ಏಳು (ēḷu)
  • Kota (India): ஏய் (ēy), [script needed] (ēg)
  • Tamil-Kodagu:
    • Irula-Muduga:
      • Irula: ஏளு (ēḷu)
      • Muduga: ഏള് (ēḷŭ)
    • Kodava: ಆಳು (āḷu)
    • Old Tamil: 𑀏𑀵𑀼 (ēḻu)
      • Malayalam: ഏഴ് (ēḻŭ)
        • Malavedan: ഏഴു (ēḻu)
        • Ravula: ഏവു (ēvu)
      • Tamil: ஏழு (ēḻu)
        • Eravallan: ஏளு
        • Malasar: ஏளு
        • Mala Malasar: ஏளு
        • Mannan: ഏചു (ēcu)
        • Pattapu: ఏలు
  • Tulu: ಏಡ್ (ēḍŭ), ಏಲ್ (ēlŭ), ಏಳ್ (ēḷŭ)
• South-Central:
  • Gondi: एडूं, एड़ुंग, యేడుంగ్ (yēḍuṅg)
  • Kui (India): ଓଦ୍ଗି (odgi), ଓଡ୍ (oḍ), ଓଡ୍ଗି (oḍgi), ଓଡ଼ି (oṛi)
  • Old Telugu: ఏఴు (ēḻu)
    • Telugu: ఏడు (ēḍu)

See also

• Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

Alternative forms

• *eẓV-

Verb

*ēẓ

1. to spin

Descendants

• North Dravidian:
  • Kurukh: एस्पा (espā)
• South Dravidian:
  • South Dravidian I:
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada: ಎಳೆ (eḷe)
      • Kota (India): [script needed] (eḷ)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: ഇഴ (iḻa)
        • Tamil: இழை (iḻai)
    • Tulu: ಇಲೆ (ile), ಇಳೆ (iḷe), ಎಳೆ (eḷe)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 506, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 910, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) “ēẓ”, in Tribal Languages of Kerala, Language in India

• Varghese, Bijumon (2015) “ēẓ”, in The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala, A Sociolinguistic Profile‎^[1], SIL International