Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian I/karumpu

This Proto-South Dravidian I 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-South Dravidian I

Etymology

Compound of *kar +‎ *umpu.

Noun

*karumpu

sugarcane

Descendants

Tamil-Kannada:
- Old Kannada: ಕರ್ವು (karvu)
  - Middle Kannada: ಕರ್ಬು (karbu)
    - Kannada: ಕಬ್ಬು (kabbu)
      - → Konkani: कोब्बु (kobbu)
  - → Marathi: करवा (karvā), कर्वा (karvā)
- Kodava: ಕಯ್ಬು (kaybu), ಕೈಬು (kaibu)
- Kota-Toda:
  - Kota (India): [script needed] (kab)
  - Toda: [script needed] (kab)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
  - Malayalam: കരിമ്പ് (karimpŭ), കരുമ്പ് (karumpŭ)
  - Tamil: கரும்பு (karumpu)
Tulu: ಕರ್ಮ್ಬು (karmbu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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