Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/manay

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

*manay

1. home, house
2. area

Descendants

• Kannada: ಮನೆ (mane)
• Tamil: மனை (maṉai)
• Malayalam: മന (mana)

References

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