Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian I/miḷVku

This Proto-South Dravidian I 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 I

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit मरिच (marica).

Noun

*miḷVku

1. black pepper

Descendants

• Tamil-Kannada:
  • Kannada: ಮೆಣಸು (meṇasu), ಕರಿಮೆಣಸು (karimeṇasu)
  • Tamil-Kodagu:
    • Kodava: ಮಳು (maḷu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Malayalam: മുളക് (muḷakŭ)
      • Tamil: மிளகாய் (miḷakāy), மிளகு (miḷaku)
    • Toda-Kota:
      • Kota (India): [script needed] (meḷg)
      • Toda: [script needed] (möḷx)
• Tulu: ಮುಣುಚಿ (muṇuci), ಮುಂಚಿ (muñci)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4867”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.