Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/onṯu

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.

Compound of *on +‎ *ṯu.

*onṯu

1. one

• Southern:
  • Southern I:
    • Tulu: ಒಂಜಿ (oñji)
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada: ಒಂದು (ondu)
      • Kodava: ಒಂದು (ondu)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: ഒന്ന് (onnŭ)
        • Malavedan: ഒന്റു (onṟu)
        • Mannan: ഒണ്ണു (oṇṇu)
        • Tamil: ஒன்று (oṉṟu)
        • → Saurashtra: ꢏꢠ꣄ꢜꣁ (oṇṭo)
  • Southern II:
    • Old Telugu: ఒణ్డు (oṇḍu)
      • Telugu: ఒండు (oṇḍu)
    • Gondi-Kui:
      • Gondi: उंदि, उंडि, ఓండ్ (ōṇḍ), ఉంచా (uñcā)
      • Manda (India): (runḍi)
      • Pengo: (ronje)
• Northern:
  • Brahui: اَسِٹ (asiṭ)
  • Kurukh: ओन (on), ओंद (ond), ओंड (oṇḍ)

• *o(n)ṯṯu-may (“unity, oneness”)
  • Tamil: ஒற்றுமை (oṟṟumai)

• Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages
• Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/oru

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93.
• S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala‎, Language in India