Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/coṯac-

This Proto-South 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-South Dravidian

Noun

*coṯac-

1. shark

Descendent

• Kannada: ಚೊರ (cora)
• Malayalam: സ്രാവ് (srāvŭ), ശ്രാവ് (śrāvŭ), ചുറക് (cuṟakŭ), ചിറാക് (ciṟākŭ), ചുറാ (cuṟā), തുറാവ് (tuṟāvŭ)
• Tamil: சுறா (cuṟā)
• Telugu: సొర (sora)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cuṟā”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.