| Future Suffix |
In Abujhmaria the future suffixes are -a:n,  -a:k -a:r. Among these -a:n occurs before the third person pronominal suffixes; -a:k occurs before the first and second person pronominal suffixes whereas -a:r occurs after the 3rd feminine marker.
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The future allomorph -a:n of Abujhmaria, the Gondi future allomorphs -n and a:n, the present suffrix -a:n of Koya present adjective participle are related to the allomorph -n- of the Kolami durative tense and also the -n- allomorphs of the Kui future tense as well as to (-in  -n) of the Kui future adjective.
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The other future suffix of Abujhmaria -a:k may be related to PDr. future suffix *-kk ( *-k).
The reflexes of this suffix occur in Tamil, Malayalam, Kota, To a, Koagu, Kannaa, Gondi, the Kolami-Parji subgroup and probably also Brahui.
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In Gondi (Adilabad) also the suffix -k- (with a variant -ak) occurs in the 1st and 2nd persons of the future tense. Koya the irrealis -k’o: and the hortative -k- are also derived from this Proto suffix according to Subrahmanyam (1971 : 311).
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| Infinitive: |
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The genuine infinitive suffix in Dravidian is -a. It is found in Tamil, Old Malayalam, Kannaa, Telugu, Gondi, Kui and (rarely) Kurux. Since these languages represent all the three main subgroups, the suffix can be reconstructed for Proto-Dravidain.
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| Tamil |
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ceyya-a |
‘to do’ |
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ka:¸-a |
‘to see’ |
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nir-p-a |
‘to stand’ |
| Old Tamil |
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u -i:iya |
‘to eat/drink’ |
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tar-i:iya |
‘to give’ |
| Old Malayalam |
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vara:n |
‘to come’ |
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ceyya: |
‘to do’ |
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ko ukka:n |
‘to give’ |
| Kannaa |
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gey(y)-a |
‘to do’ |
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un-a |
‘to eat or drink’ |
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un-e |
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un-al (ke) |
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bar-a |
‘to come’ |
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ba:r-al |
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bar-e |
| Telugu |
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ce:y-an |
‘to do’ |
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cepp-an |
‘to tell’ |
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aug-an |
‘to ask’ |
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