Telugu · noun

మూడు

mūḍu‘the number three’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
three
three
French
trois
trois
Hindi
तीनtīn
तीन
Telugu
మూడుmūḍu
మూడు
Tamil
மூன்றுmūṉṟu
மூன்று
  • threeEnglish⟷troisFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • threeEnglish⟷तीनHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • troisFrench⟷तीनHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • மூன்றுTamil⟷మూడుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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These sentences are assembled from graph facts by a deterministic template engine — not written by hand, and not authoritative.

  1. 01మూడు (mūḍu) is a Telugu noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('the number three') can be approximated as MANY in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03మూడు is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *mūnṯu ‘three’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:three-pdr-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  4. 04మూడు is cognate with ta மூன்று (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:three-cog-ta-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  5. 05Aligned forms: English three (translation equivalent); French trois (translation equivalent); Hindi तीन (tīn) (translation equivalent); Tamil மூன்று (mūṉṟu) (cognate).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *mūnṯuReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →మూడు accepted
    dedr0.70
  2. மூன்றுTamil— cognate →మూడు accepted
    dedr0.70