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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/toṇ

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
Proto-Dravidian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *toḷ, *toṇ
    Adjectival: *toḷ, *toṇ

Numeral

*toṇ

  1. nine, 9/10

Derived terms
  • *toṇ-nūṯ-u (with *nūṯ (“one hundred”))
    • Tamil: தொண்ணூறு (toṇṇūṟu, “ninety”)
    • Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ് (toṇṇūṟŭ, “ninety”)
  • *toṇ-paH-tu
    • Kannada: ತೊಂಭತ್ತು (tombhattu, “ninety”), ತೊಂಬತ್ತು (tombattu, “ninety”)
    • Telugu: తొంబది (tombadi, “ninety”), తొమ్మిది (tommidi, “nine”)
    • Kodava: ತೊಂಬದು (tombadu, “ninety”)

See also
  • Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

References
  • 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.
  • S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) “toṇ”, in Tribal Languages of Kerala, Language in India
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