Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/karumpu

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

Etymology

Compound of *kar +‎ *umpu.

Noun

*karumpu

(South Dravidian) sugarcane

Descendants

South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ಕರ್ವು (karvu)
    - Middle Kannada: ಕರ್ಬು (karbu)
      - Kannada: ಕಬ್ಬು (kabbu)
    - → Marathi: करवा (karvā), कर्वा (karvā)
  - Kodava: ಕಯ್ಬು (kaybu), ಕೈಬು (kaibu)
  - Kota-Toda:
    - Kota (India): [script needed] (kab)
    - Toda: [script needed] (kab)
  - Tamil-Malayalam:
    - Malayalam: കരിമ്പ് (karimpŭ), കരുമ്പ് (karumpŭ), കരിപ്പട്ടി (karippaṭṭi), കരിപ്പെട്ടി (karippeṭṭi), കരിപ്പുകട്ടി (karippukaṭṭi)
    - Tamil: கரும்பு (karumpu)
- Tulu: ಕರ್ಮ್ಬು (karmbu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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