Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ā

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

Noun

*ā

1. cow

Descendants

• South:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ಆವು (āvu)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: ಅತ್ತ (atta)
      • Kota (India): [script needed] (a·v)
      • Old Tamil: 𑀆 (ā)
        • Malayalam: ആ (ā), ആവ് (āvŭ), ആൻ (āṉ)
        • Tamil: ஆ (ā), ஆன் (āṉ)
• South-Central:
  • Telugu: ఆవు (āvu)
• North:
  • Kurukh: [script needed] (ōy)
  • Kumarbhag Paharia: [script needed] (óyu)

Derived terms

• South:
  • Tamil-Kodagu:
    • Malayalam: ആയൻ (āyaṉ)
    • Tamil: ஆய் (āy), ஆயன் (āyaṉ)
    • Toda: [script needed] (-of) (suffix used in some names of female buffaloes).
  • Tulu: ಅಂಬಿ (ambi)
• South-Central:
  • Kui (India): [script needed] (ānga gaṭanju)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “334”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.