Proto-South Dravidian : *il-
Meaning : not to be
Tamil : il
Tamil meaning : non-existence, death
Tamil derivates : illai it is not (in Old Tamil with a complete neg. paradigm), no; illāmai absence, non-existence, poverty, want; illātavan_ one utterly destitute; illān_ poor man; ill-en_al death, negating existence; ilam, ilampai poverty; ili one who is without (at end of cpd.); in_mai total negation of existence, poverty; in_r_iya that which is not
Malayalam : illa
Malayalam meaning : does not exist, there is not; no, not
Malayalam derivates : adj. illā; illāyma not existence, poverty, want
Kannada : illa, illaṃ, illavu
Kannada meaning : is or are not; no, not
Kannada derivates : ila a man who has not, a place that is free from; illade (gerund) not being; illada adj. not being; illave state of not being
Kodagu : ille
Kodagu meaning : be not (for all persons and numbers)
Tulu : ijji, (B-K) iddi
Tulu meaning : not to exist, not to be
Irula : ille
Irula meaning : no
Notes : Ir. 114.
Number in DED : 2559
