Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kār

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.

• *kārV

From *karv- (“to burn”), compare Duruwa (ker-), (kerv-, “to burn”), Kondekor (karid, “to burn away as rice”).

• IPA^(key): /kaːr/

*kār

1. black

• Proto-Dravidian: *karuppu
  • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು (kappu), ಕರಿ (kari)
  • Tamil: கருப்பு (karuppu)
  • Malayalam: കറുപ്പ് (kaṟuppŭ)

• Badaga: ಕಬ್ಬುಣ (kabbuṇa)
• Kannada: ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ (kabbiṇa)

• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tamil: கரு (karu)
  • Malayalam: കാർ (kāṟ), കരി (kari), കരു (karu)
  • Kota (India): (kār), (kar)
  • Toda: (ka-), (kax), (kaxt)
  • Kodava: ಕರಿ (kari)
  • Tulu: ಕಾರಿ (kāri), ಕರಿಯ (kariya)
  • Telugu: కారు (kāru), కరి (kari)
  • Gondi: कार्यल (kāryal), करि (kari)
• Central Dravidian:
  • Kolami: కారి (kāri)
  • Southeastern Kolami: (karan), (karen)
• Northern Dravidian:
  • Brahui: کری (kari)
• → Sanskrit: काल (kāla) (see there for further descendants)

*kār

1. blackness

• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tamil: கர் (kar), காரி (kāri), கருமை (karumai)
  • Kannada: ಕಾರ್ (kār), ಕರೆ (kare, “blackness, dark cloud”)
  • Kota (India): (kayr, “charcoal, soot”)

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 181, 391.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1278”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 118.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1395”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130.