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ABUJHMARIA GRAMMAR
G.V.Natarajan
      -- < *-r-
       maria. pua: dove, pigeon; Ta. pura:, pura, puravam, puravu id; Ma. pira:vu, pra:vu; Ka. horasu; Tu. puda; Go. pua:, pura:r, Kona. porraz; Kur. purra:; Malt. pure (DED. 3555).
       -- < *l
       Maria. kos tender leaf; Ta. kol-untu; Ma. ko½untu young shoot, tender twig; To. kwiz; Ka. ko·a tender- ness; Pa. koc to sprout; Ga (S). koc id; Go. ko:sa:na:, ko:rsa:na to sprout; Kui. ko:u new shoot (DED. 1787).
       < -- < *-l-
       Maria. a weep; Ta. alu to cry, weep; To. o, ka:r-, ar-u; Tu. arpini; Te. e:ucu; Kol. Nk. ar; Pa. a; Ga (Oll). a (S). a:; Go. a:a:na:; Kon. aba to weep, cry (DED.240).
      t- < *t-
       Maria. tin, tind- to eat; Ta. tin; Ma. tinnuka; Ko. tin; Ka. tin; Ko. tinn-, Tu. tinpini; Te. tinnu; Kol. Nk. Pa. tin; Ga (Oll.S). tin; Go. tind-; Kona. tin; Kui. tinba; Kuvi. tinjali, tinnai (DED.2670).
       In Maria tra:s (also in Go. Adilabad) snake (DED. 1949). That is a sporadic development from original *c (so also in Te. tra:cu cobra); cf. Kona. saras. snake (Subrahmanyam, 1968 : 170).
       -tt- < *-tt-
       Maria. witta:na: to sow; Ta. vittu to saw; Ma. vittu seed; Ko. vit- to sow; To. pit-; Ka. bittu; Ko. bitt-; Tu. bittuni to sow seed; Te. vittu id; Kol. vitanam; Nk. vit- to sow; Nk (Ch). ijam seed; Pa. vit- to sow; Ga (Oll). vit- to sow, vitu seed; Pe. Mana. ve:t to sow.
      -tt- < *-nt-
       Maria. matti: medicine; Ta. maruntu; Ma. marunnu; Ko. To. mad; Ka. mardu, maddu; Tu. mardu; Te. mandu; Te. mandu; Kol. mand; Nk. mand; Pa. merud; Go. mat, matu, matta; Kur. mandar; Malt. mandru (DED. 3863).
       Maria. ita tamarind tree/fruit; Ta. cintam; Te. cinta; Kol. sinta; Nk. sitta; Go. sitta (DED. 2086). Go. (Adilabad) sitta:; Koya. itta. Maria -tt- after a short vowel and -t- after a long vowel are from the reconstructed *-tt-
       Maria. putti: anthill; Ta. Ma. purru; Te. pua:; Ka. puttu; Kol. Nk. purra; Kur. pua:; Malt. pute; Go. (Adilabad) putti; Koya. putti.
       Maria. e:i winnowing basket; Te. cea; Kol. ke:t; Pa. ke:t; Kui. se:si; Kona. se:Ri; Kur. ke:ter; Malt. ke:tnu < PCNDR *ke:tt (DED. 1679).
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