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.

Proto-Dravidian

**Proto-Dravidian numbers ^(edit)**
	10
	1	2 →	10 →
Cardinal: onṯu Adjectival: oru, *on

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *o-?

Proto-Dravidian *on

Proto-Dravidian *ṯu

Proto-Dravidian *onṯu

Compound of *on +‎ *ṯu.

Numeral

*onṯu

one

Derived terms

*on-ṯṯ-ay
- Malayalam: ഒറ്റ (oṟṟa)
- Tamil: ஒற்றை (oṟṟai)
*on-ṯṯ-i
- Tamil: ஒண்டி (oṇṭi)
- Telugu: ఒంటి (oṇṭi)
*on-ṯṯ-u-may (“unity, oneness”)
- Tamil: ஒற்றுமை (oṟṟumai)

Descendants

South Dravidian:
- South Dravidian 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), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்னு (oṉṉu) — Spoken Tamil
      - → Saurashtra: ꢏꢠ꣄ꢜꣁ (oṇṭo)
- South Dravidian II:
  - Old Telugu: ఒణ్డు (oṇḍu)
    - Telugu: ఒండు (oṇḍu)
  - Gondi-Kui:
    - Gondi: उंदि, उंडि, ఓండ్ (ōṇḍ), ఉంచా (uñcā)
    - Manda (India): [script needed] (runḍi)
    - Pengo: [script needed] (ronje)
North Dravidian:
- Brahui: اَسِٹ (asiṭ)
- Kurukh-Malto:
  - Kurukh: ओन (on), ओंद (ond), ओंड (oṇḍ)

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, page 93.
S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013), Tribal Languages of Kerala‎^[1], Language in India