Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tiHn

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

Verb

*tiHn

1. to eat

Descendants

• Kannada: ತಿನ್ನು (tinnu)
• Malayalam: തിന്നുക (tinnuka)
• Tamil: தின் (tiṉ)
• Telugu: తిను (tinu)

Derived terms

• *tiH-nṯṯu
  • Tamil: தீற்று (tīṟṟu, “to feed, in Sri Lankan Tamil”)
  • Malayalam: തീറ്റ (tīṟṟa), തീറ്റിക്കുക (tīṟṟikkuka)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 526.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3263”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Subrahmanyam, P.S. (2011) A Supplement to Dravidian etymological dictionary, Chennai : Central Institute of Classical Tamil, page 111.