Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ir-

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.

• *īr, *irV

*ir-

1. two

• • • Central:
• Kolami: इन्दिङ् (indiṅ)
• Kolami: ऎरण्डि (eraṇḍi)
• Southeastern Kolami: इन्दिङ् (indiṅ)
• Southeastern Kolami: ऎरण्डि (eraṇḍi)

• • *ir-aṇ-ṭu
    • Southern:
    • Southern I:
      • Tulu: ಎರಡ್ (eraḍŭ), ಇರಡ್ (iraḍŭ), ರಡ್ಡ್ (raḍḍŭ)
      • Kannada: ಎರಡು (eraḍu)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Toda: (e·ḍ)
        • Kodava: ದಂಡು (daṇḍu)
        • Irula: ரெண்டு (reṇṭu), ரண்டு (raṇṭu), ரண்டெ (raṇṭe)
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
          • Kurichiya: അണ്ടു (aṇṭu)
          • Malavedan: രേടു (rēṭu)
          • Malayalam: രണ്ട് (raṇṭŭ)
          • Tamil: இரண்டு (iraṇṭu)
            • Spoken Tamil: ரெண்டு (reṇṭu)
  • Southern II:
    • Telugu: రెండు (reṇḍu)
    • Gondi: रोंडु, रंड, रंडु, रंटे
    • Konda-Dora: రుండి (ruṇḍi)
    • Kuvi: ରାଇ (rai), ରିଣ୍ଡି (riṇḍi)

• *ir-u
  • Malayalam: ഇരു (iru)
  • Tamil: இரு (iru, “twice, double”)
  • Telugu: ఇరు (iru)

• *iru-war
  • Kurukh: इर्ब (irb), इर्बर (irbar), इर्बरिम (irbarim)
  • Kumarbhag Paharia: इव्र, इव्रेस्ति
  • Malayalam: ഇരുവർ (iruvaṟ)
  • Tamil: இருவர் (iruvar)
  • Telugu: ఇబ్బరు (ibbaru)

Unsorted forms

• Malayalam: ഇരട്ടി (iraṭṭi), ഇരട്ടിക്കുക (iraṭṭikkuka), ഇരട്ട (iraṭṭa), രണ്ടാം (raṇṭāṁ)
• Tamil: இரட்டை (iraṭṭai, “pair, twin”), இரட்டி (iraṭṭi), இரண்டாம் (iraṇṭām), இரணை (iraṇai), இரட்டு (iraṭṭu), இருமை (irumai), ஈர் (īr)
• Toda: (i·ṭy)
• Telugu: రెట్ట (reṭṭa), రెట్టి (reṭṭi), రెండవ (reṇḍava), రెంచ (reñca), రెండ (reṇḍa), రెట్టించు (reṭṭiñcu)
• Duruwa: इर्डु
• Pengo: ରି (ri)
• Manda (India): ରି (ri)
• Kui (India): ରୀ (rī)
• Kuvi: ରୀ (rī)
• Kurukh: एँड़ (ẽṛ), एंड (eṇḍ), एंड़ (ẽṛ)
• Brahui: اِرَٹ (iraṭ), اِرا (irā)
• → Nihali: इरर, इर

• Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

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