Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kem

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.

*kem

1. red

• Tamil: செம்- (cem-)
• Malayalam: ചെം- (ceṁ-)
• Kannada: ಕೆಂ- (keṃ-)
• Telugu: చెం- (ceṁ-), కెం (keṁ)

• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tulu: ಕೆಂಚ (keñca)
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ಕೆಂಪು (kempu)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: ಕೆಂ (keṃ)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Tamil: சிவப்பு (civappu)
        • Malayalam: ചുമപ്പ് (cumappŭ) (See there for all alternative forms)
• South Central Dravidian:
  • Telugu: చెన్ను (cennu), కెంపు (kempu)
• Central Dravidian:
  • Parji-Gadba:
    • Duruwa: केय (key)
• Northern Dravidian:
  • Kurukh: खींसो (xē̃so)
  • Kumarbhag Paharia: कीसो (kīso)
  • Brahui: خیسُن (xīsun)

• *kem-pu
  • Tamil: செம்பு (cempu)
  • Malayalam: ചെമ്പ് (cempŭ)
  • Kannada: ಚೆಂಬು (cembu)
  • Tulu: ಚೆಂಬು (cembu)

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