Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/i-

• *iH

*i-

1. this, this here

   Coordinate terms: *a-, *u-, *yĀ-

• Malayalam: ഇ- (i-)
• Tamil: இ- (i-)

• *i-wanṯu (“this man”)
  • South-Central:
    • Telugu: వీఁడు (vīn̆ḍu), Telugu: వీడు (vīḍu)
  • South Dravidian:
    • Kannada: ಇವನು (ivanu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam
      • Tamil: இவன் (ivaṉ)
      • Malayalam: ഇവൻ (ivaṉ)
  • Pengo: इवन (ivan)
• *i-waḷ (“this woman”)
  • South Dravidian:
    • Kannada: ಇವಳು (ivaḷu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Tamil: இவள் (ivaḷ)
      • Malayalam: ഇവൾ (ivaḷ)
• *i-tu (“this”)
  • South-Central:
    • Telugu: ఇది (idi)
  • South Dravidian:
    • Kannada: ಇದು (idu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam: *it
      • Tamil: இது (itu)
      • Malayalam: ഇത് (itŭ)
  • Central Dravidian:
    • Kolami-Gadba:
      • Kolami: इद् (id)
      • Duruwa: इद् (id)
      • Naiki: इद् (id)
• *i-war (“these persons”)
  • South-Central:
    • Telugu: వీరు (vīru)
  • South Dravidian:
    • Tulu: ಇಂಬೆರು (imberu)
    • Kannada: ಇವರು (ivaru)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Tamil: இவர் (ivar)
      • Malayalam: ഇവർ (ivaṟ)
  • Central Dravidian:
    • Naiki: [script needed] (īr)
• *iw-ay (“these (non-men humans or non-humans)”)
  • South Dravidian:
    • Telugu: ఇవి (ivi)
    • Kannada: ಇವು (ivu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Tamil: இவை (ivai)
      • Malayalam: ഇവ (iva)
• *i-nṯu (“today, now”)
  • South Dravidian:
    • Kannada: ಇಂದು (indu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam: *inṯu
      • Tamil: இன்று (iṉṟu)
      • Malayalam: ഇന്ന് (innŭ)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Tamil: இங்ஙனம் (iṅṅaṉam), இங்கு (iṅku), இப்படி (ippaṭi), இவ்வாறு (ivvāṟu)
  • Malayalam: ഇങ്ങനെ (iṅṅane), ഇങ്ങ് (iṅṅŭ)

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “410”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 38.