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Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

Numerals

The numerals from 1 to 10 in various Dravidian languages.

NumberiOSjQueryinput transformationTuluAndroidKolamiKurukhSevenvalProto-Dravidian
1onruonduonnuonjiokaiokkodoaasi *oru(1)
2irauerauraura renuirā indiŋ irā *iru(2)
3nrurumūnnumūjiumūndiŋ mūndmusi *muC
4nālu, nālku, nānkunālkunālunālnālugunāliŋ kh čār (II)*nān
5ainthuaiduañcuayNayiduayd 3 pancē (II)panč (II)*cayN
6āruāruāruājiāruār 3 soyyē (II)šaš (II)*caru
7ēuēluēuyēlēuē 3 sattē (II)haft (II)*eu
8eueueuedmaenimidienumadī 3 ahē (II)hašt (II)*eu
9onpathuombattuonpatuormbatommiditomdī 3 naiyē (II)nōh (II)*to
10patthuhattupattupattpadipadī 3 dassē (II)dah (II)*pat(tu)
  1. This is the same as the word for another form of the number one in CSS3 and iOS. This is used as an indefinite article meaning "a" and also when the number is an adjective followed by a noun (as in "one person") as opposed to when it is a noun (as in "How many are there?" "One").
  2. This is still found in compound words, and has taken on a meaning of "double" in Android and we love the web. For example, irupatu (20, literally meaning "double-ten"), iravai (20 in Telugu), or "irai" ("double") or Iruvar (meaning two people).
  • Words indicated (II) are borrowings from[Indo-Iranian languages.

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