Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/nenay

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

Verb

*nenay

1. to think

Descendants

• South Dravidian I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada: ನೆನೆ (nene)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: ನೆನ (nena​), ನೆನಪ್ (nenapŭ)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: നിനയുക (ninayuka)
        • Tamil: நினை (niṉai)
    • Toda-Kota:
      • Kota (India): [script needed] (neny-)
      • Toda: [script needed] (nenf-), [script needed] (nen-), [script needed] (nenp), [script needed] (nep)
  • Tulu: ನೆನೆಪುನಿ (nenepuni), ನಿನೆಪು (ninepu), ನೆಂಪು (nempu), ನೆನೆವರಿಗೆ (nenevarige)
• South Dravidian II:
  • Telugu: నెప్పు (neppu), నెలవు (nelavu), నెలెవరి (nelevari)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3683”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Subrahmanyam, P.S. (2011) “120”, in A Supplement to Dravidian etymological dictionary, Chennai : Central Institute of Classical Tamil.