Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/pawaẓ

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

Etymology

Compound of *paw +‎ *aẓ.

Noun

*pawaẓ

1. coral

   Synonym: *tuw-Vr

Descendants

• Old Kannada: ಪವಳ (pavaḷa)
  • Kannada: ಹವಳ (havaḷa)
• Malayalam: പവിഴം (paviḻaṁ), പവഴം (pavaḻaṁ)
• Tamil: பவழம் (pavaḻam), பவளம் (pavaḷam)
• Telugu: పవడము (pavaḍamu), పగడము (pagaḍamu)
• → Sanskrit: प्रवाल (pravāla), प्रवाड (pravāḍa)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pagaḍamu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.