Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ñāṯu

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

Etymology 1

Verb

*ñāṯu^[1]^[2]

to emit smell

Descendants

Central Dravidian:
- Duruwa: [script needed] (ned-, “to smell, stink”)
South Dravidian I:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ನಾರು (nāru)
  - Kodava: ನಾರು (nāru)
  - Kota-Toda:
    - Kota (India): [script needed] (nār-)
  - Tamil-Malayalam:
    - Malayalam: നാറുക (nāṟuka)
    - Tamil: நாறு (nāṟu), ஞாறு (ñāṟu)
- Tulu: ನಾದ್ (nādŭ)

Etymology 2

Noun

*ñāṯu^[3]

seedlings for transplantation

Descendants

South Dravidian:
- South Dravidian I:
  - Tamil-Kannada:
    - Kannada: ನಾಟು (nāṭu)
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Malayalam: ഞാറ് (ñāṟŭ)
      - Tamil: நாற்று (nāṟṟu), நாறு (nāṟu)
  - Tulu: ನೇಜಿ (nēji)
- South Dravidian II:
  - Gondi: నేర్ (nēr)
  - Telugu: నారు (nāru)

References

^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 527.
^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2918”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 527.

[1] Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 527.

[2] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2918”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

[3] Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 527.

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