Found in Tdbh's before ര, ല,, as രൂപം ഉരുവം, ലോകം ഉലകു, also റൂമി, ഉറുമി. Initial ഉ is sometimes lost, as ഉവാവു, വാവു; ഉലാവുക, ലാവുക.. Before Cerebrals & Liquids, which are followed by അ,, it glides into ഒ, as പുടവ poḍava, ഉറപ്പു or̀app/?/. ഉ aT. aC. Tu. A demonstrative √, correlative with അ & ഇ (1. the middle between two. 2. what is above. 3. that, yonder). Perhaps surviving in the adj. part. fut. തൊഴുവതു, ആ വൂതു, ചെയ്വൂതു & in the poet. forms of the finite Verb വന്നുതേ came, ചെയ്യിന്നുതാകില് RC. Hence ഉം.