ஞெண்டி

Irula

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yaṇṭ-. Cognate with Tamil நண்டு (naṇṭu), Telugu ఎండ్రి (eṇḍri), Malayalam ഞണ്ട് (ñaṇṭŭ), Tulu ದೆಂಜಿ (deñji), Kolami ఎండె (eṇḍe).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲeɳɖi/

Noun

ஞெண்டி (ñeṇḍi)

1. crab

References

• Monisha R. (2022) Phonological comparison of select words of the Aalu Kurumba and Irula languages of the Nilgiris‎^[1]