ನಾನ್

Kodava

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *ñān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪aːn̪ɨ/

Pronoun

ನಾನ್ (nānŭ)

1. I

References

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.

Old Kannada

Alternative forms

• ನಾನು (nānu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *ñān.

Pronoun

ನಾನ್ (nān)

1. I

   Synonym: ಆನ್ (ān)

Descendants

• Badaga: ನಾ (nā), ನಾನು (nānu)
• Jennu Kurumba: ನಾನು (nānu)
• Kannada: ನಾನು (nānu)
• Sholaga: ನಾನು (nānu)

References

• Dr. P. V. Narayana, editor (2007), “ನಾನ್”, in ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ ಪದಸಂಪದ (haḷagannaḍa padasampada) [A Glossary of Old Kannada] (in Kannada), Hampi: Kannada University, page 304

• Subrahmanyam, P.S. (2011) chapter 159, in A Supplement to Dravidian etymological dictionary, Chennai : Central Institute of Classical Tamil.
• Zvelebil, Kamil V. (1981) “ನಾನ್”, in Problems of Identification and Classification of Some Nilagiri Tribes: Iŗulas-Ūrāļis, Kāţţu Nāyakas/Jēnu Kuŗumbas, Šōlegas‎^[1], Anthropos