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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *ell-
Meaning : to be night-blind, to be very dark
Kurukh : ellnā
Number in DED : 235
ndret-meaning,ndret-prnum,ndret-kur,ndret-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *jal-
Meaning : night, darkness
Proto-North Dravidian : *ell- Notes : An interesting Tamil-NDR isogloss. The Tamil variants el and even yālam speak in favour of an original *y- (presumably before a short vowel, since otherwise the general lack of length is hard to explain); if so, the forms are easily comparable to Kur. ellnā. Burrow & Emeneau also draw a comparison with Tam. nallam, based on the presumption of the free variation n- ~ 0- in Dravidian, but this is not at all realistic. On the other hand, the semantic relation between this local root and the more common *ńāḷ- 'night' still has to be ascertained. // Present in 2/6 branches. dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-ndr,dravet-notes,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *[j]al-
Meaning : night, darkness
Tamil : al
Tamil meaning : night, darkness, evening
Tamil derivates : alku night, afternoon; alkal night; el, elli id.; (lex.) yālam id.
Malayalam : al, allu
Malayalam meaning : darkness, night
Number in DED : 0235
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-dednum,
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