Proto-South Dravidian :
*il-
Meaning : not to be
Tamil : il
Tamil meaning : non-existence,
death
Tamil derivates : illai
it is not (in Old Tamil with a complete neg. paradigm), no; illāmai
absence, non-existence, poverty, want; illātavan_ one utterly destitute;
illān_ poor man; ill-en_al death, negating existence; ilam,
ilampai poverty; ili one who is without (at end of cpd.);
in_mai total negation of existence, poverty; in_r_iya that which
is not
Malayalam : illa
Malayalam meaning : does not
exist, there is not; no, not
Malayalam derivates : adj.
illā; illāyma not existence, poverty, want
Kannada : illa, illaṃ,
illavu
Kannada meaning : is or are not;
no, not
Kannada derivates : ila a
man who has not, a place that is free from; illade (gerund) not being;
illada adj. not being; illave state of not being
Kodagu : ille
Kodagu meaning : be not (for all
persons and numbers)
Tulu : ijji, (B-K)
iddi
Tulu meaning : not to exist, not
to be
Irula : ille
Irula meaning : no
Notes : Ir. 114.
Number in DED : 2559