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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/il

Proto-Dravidian

Noun

*il

house

Descendants

Central Dravidian:
- Kolami: ఎల్ల (ella)
South Dravidian
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kodava: ಇಲ್ಲವೇನ್ಪೆ (illavën, “man who is a relative”)
  - Tamil-Malayalam:
    - Malayalam: ഇല്ലം (illaṁ, “house, place”)
    - Tamil: இல் (il)
- Tulu: ಇಲ್ಲ್ (illŭ)
South Central:
- Gondi-Kui:
  - Konda-Dora: ఇలు (ilu)
- Telugu: ఇల్లు (illu), ఇలు (ilu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 8, 180, 524.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter IL, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48.

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