Reconstruction talk:Proto-Dravidian/a-

This page needs significant work to incorporate the many varied derivatives of the demonstrative base /*a-/. As far as I can tell, there are four primary goals which must be achieved.

1. The various derived forms of /*a-/ must be grouped alongside their cognate forms under a proto-Dravidian header. (as &  grouped under the proto-Dravidian header *a-van. etc...)

2. Forms without clear cognates must be grouped in some alternative framework.

3. The entries on this page must be linked to pages (if they exist); and for those that do not exist, such pages should be made or requested.

4. This page should be linked to the pages for other proto-Dravidian demonstrative bases.

As future projects, it might be good to attempt to create a template for these words. Perhaps something like or.

I will try to work on this as much as possible. Terms to add to page: an ongoing list
 * South Dravidian:
 * Tamil:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
 * Malayalam:, , , ,
 * Kodagu/Kodava: (script missing) avëⁿ, ava, avu/aeŋga, adï, alli, alliñji, attï, attaṭṭi, attiñji, appara, akka, akkatiñji, akka·kaṇe, akkale·, akkanne·, andï, accë, accakï, annatë, antë, annane, a·taratï, annata·ŋgï, a·naŋguṇḍï, a·lï,
 * Kurumba:
 * Kannada:
 * Tulu:, , , , , , ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , , , , , ,
 * South Central Dravidian:
 * Telugu:
 * Gondi: (script missing) ōr/ōl, ōṛ/ōṛk, ad/au,
 * Konda: (script missing) vānṟu, akan, akar, akad, akeŋ, atal, abe/bān, abeṇi/bāṇi, abekan, aya, ayakan
 * Manda:
 * Kui: (script missing) ādi, āari, āvi, āvari, āmba, āne, āneṭi, āru, āvi
 * Pengo: (script missing) avan / aven / havan, avar, adel / hadel, avek, adi / adaŋ, avaŋ, ā, āy, anda, andel, andaŋ, andaliŋ, acaka, ace, acek, anṭaŋ, anṭiŋ, anṭiŋtan, anṭiŋdan, ani, aneŋ, abe, habe, ambe, aleŋ, anay,
 * Central Dravidian:
 * Kolami:
 * North Dravidian:
 * Kurukh: (script missing) ās, ār/abṛar, ād, abṛā, ā; ābīrī, adā, ahāy, ajgō, annē, annū, ānū, anti, aō̃gē, aõŋgē, asan, hasan, attrā, hattrā, ayyā, hayyā,
 * Brahui: (script missing) dā, dād, dāfk; dahun, daun, duhun, dākā/dākān, dāxa, dāng, dāṛē/dāṛēk, dāsā/dāskān, dāvadī,
 * Malto: (script missing) áh, ár, áth, á; áw áwe, athi, aháṉ, ande, andeke, aṉhaṉ, ani, ánko, ano, anond, anopan, áṉy, áṭi, ná

Hk5183 (talk) 16:17, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * From which source did you get this reconstruction? Kritixilithos (talk) 17:10, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

From [| Burrow & Emeneau Dravidian Etymological Dictionary 2nd edition]. Basically, I know that there are many many more derivatives in other Dravidian languages but I haven't had the time to look up the terms, especially since I can't read most of the scripts. Hk5183 (talk) 15:37, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I see, but that doesn't list the reconstruction itself. Anyways, digging through, I found the following, "I have identified the deictic roots as *aH, *iH-, *uH- and proposed a rule *H → w/__ + a, by which ∗aw-ant̠u, *iw-ant̠u and *uw-ant̠u, *aw-ar, *aw-ay, etc. were derived" (p215, Krishnamurthy). ("*H → w/__ + a" means, if I understood correctly, that *H is replaced by w (Krishnamurthy's transliteration for what we (Wiktionary) represent with v) when followed by a). So you are mostly right in your reconstruction anyways. Kritixilithos (talk) 08:21, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I edited the page to match Krishnamurthy's reconstructions, and removed the Tamil-Malayalam *at under "that". We should come up with a transliteration scheme for Proto-Dravidian, I've started About_Proto-Dravidian a while back, especially because our transliteration in existing entries differ from Krishnamurthy's, like us choosing v instead of w.
 * (forgot to add tildes) Kritixilithos (talk) 16:17, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! I knew that my page wasn't researched enough, & I've been too busy with classes to work on this. I thought it would be better to have a lousy entry than none at all... Anyway, that provides a starting point as well as a place for other Wiktionarians to provide input. I will research dra-pro transliteration schemes & transliteration for Dravidian languages with few or no entries. Hk5183 (talk) 15:14, 15 September 2020 (UTC)