Tamil · noun

இரண்டு

iraṇṭu‘the number two’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
two
two
French
deux
deux
Hindi
दोdo
दो
Telugu
రెండుreṇḍu
రెండు
Tamil
இரண்டுiraṇṭu
இரண்டு
  • twoEnglish⟷deuxFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • twoEnglish⟷दोHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • deuxFrench⟷दोHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • இரண்டுTamil⟷రెండుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01இரண்டு (iraṇṭu) is a Tamil noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('the number two') can be approximated as TWO in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03இரண்டு is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *iraṇṭu ‘two’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:two-pdr-ta0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  4. 04రెండు is cognate with ta இரண்டு (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:two-cog-ta-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  5. 05Aligned forms: English two (translation equivalent); French deux (translation equivalent); Hindi दो (do) (translation equivalent); Telugu రెండు (reṇḍu) (cognate).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *iraṇṭuReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →இரண்டு accepted
    dedr0.70
  2. இரண்டுTamil— cognate →రెండు accepted
    dedr0.70