Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tirV-
Proto-Dravidian
Verb
*tirV-
- (intransitive) to be changed
Derived terms
- *tir-ay (“to roll”)
- *tir-a-nku (“be curled up”)
- Tamil: திரங்கு (tiraṅku)
- *tir-u-ku (“to twist”)
- *tir-u-mpu (“to twist”)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- Tamil: திரும்பு (tirumpu)
- Malayalam: തിരുമ്പുക (tirumpuka)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- *tir-u-nttu (“to correct”)
- *tir-i (“to turn”)
- South Dravidian:
- North Dravidian:
- >? Brahui: چرینگنگ (cirrengiṅg)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “3244”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “3246”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.