Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ucV-

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

Verb

*ucV-

to breathe

Descendants

North Dravidian:
- Brahui: اُسْت (ust, “heart”)
- Kurukh-Malto:
  - Kurukh: उज्जना (ujjanā)
  - Kumarbhag Paharia: [script needed] (uje)
South Dravidian: *ucVr
- South Dravidian I:
  - Tamil-Kannada:
    - Kannada: ಉಸಿರು (usiru), ಉಸುರು (usuru), ಉಸಲು (usalu)
      - Tamil-Kodagu:
        Kodava: [script needed] (usïrï)
        
        Tamil-Malayalam:
        Malayalam: ഉയിര് (uyirŭ), ഉശിര് (uśir)
        
        Tamil: உய் (uy), உயல் (uyal), உயிர் (uyir), உசிர் (ucir), உசுரு (ucuru) — Spoken Tamil
        
        Toda-Kota:
        Kota (India): [script needed] (ucr)
        
        Toda: [script needed] (ü·r), [script needed] (usïr), [script needed] (yu·k), [script needed] (üy)
  - Tulu: ಉಸುರು (usuru), ಉಸುಲು (usulu), ನುಸುಲು (nusulu)
- South Dravidian II:
  - Konda-Dora: ఉసుర్ (usur)
  - Telugu: ఉసురు (usuru), ఉసురను (usuranu), ఊరుచు (ūrucu), ఊరుపు (ūrupu), ఊరట (ūraṭa), ఊరడిలు (ūraḍilu), ఊరడు (ūraḍu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 526.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “645”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.