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: *tuwVr

Descendants

• South Dravidian I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ಪವಳ (pavaḷa)
      • Badaga: ಪವಳ (pavaḷa)
      • Kannada: ಹವಳ (havaḷa)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Kodava: ಪಳುವ (paḷuva​), ಪವ್ವ (pavva​)
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: പവിഴം (paviḻaṁ), പവഴം (pavaḻaṁ)
        • Tamil: பவழம் (pavaḻam), பவளம் (pavaḷam), பளகம் (paḷakam)
  • Tulu: ಪವಳ (pavaḷa), ಪವಲ (pavala), ಪಕಳ (pakaḷa​), ಪಕಲ (pakala)
• South Dravidian II:
  • Kuvi: ପାଗ୍ନେଲୁ (pagnelu)
  • Telugu: పగడము (pagaḍamu), పగడం (pagaḍaṁ), పవడము (pavaḍamu), పవడం (pavaḍaṁ)
• → Sanskrit: प्रवाल (pravāla), प्रवाड (pravāḍa), प्रबाल (prabāla) (see there for further descendants)

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.