Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/tenkāy
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Proto-South Dravidian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Krishnamurti (2003), from Proto-Dravidian *teṉ (“south”) + *kāy (“fruit”), meaning literally “the southern fruit”.
Noun
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Southern Dravidian:
- South-Central Dravidian:
Unsorted forms
[edit]- Southern Dravidian:
References
[edit]- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 528.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.