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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tenkāy

This Proto-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-Dravidian

Etymology

According to Krishnamurti (2003), from *teṉ (“south”) +‎ *kāy (“fruit”), meaning literally “the southern fruit”.

Noun

*tenkāy[1][2]

  1. (botany) coconut

Descendants
  • Southern Dravidian:
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada-Badaga:
        • Kannada: ತೆಙ್ಗಾಯ್ (teṅgāy)
        • Tamil-Kodagu:
          • Tamil-Malayalam:
          • Toda-Kota:
            • Toda: [script needed] (tögoy), [script needed] (tegy)
            • Kota (India): [script needed] (tenkāy), [script needed] (tegy)
          • Kodava: ತೆಙ್ಗೆ (teṅge)
  • South-Central Dravidian:
    • Telugu: తెంకాయ (teṅkāya), తేమ్రాను (tēmrānu, “coconut tree”)
Unsorted forms
  • Southern Dravidian:
    • Tulu: ತೆಙ್ಗು (teṅgu)
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada-Badaga:
        • Kannada: ತೆಙ್ಗು (teṅgu)
        • Tamil-Kodagu:
          • Tamil-Malayalam:
            • Tamil: தெங்கு (teṅku), தெங்கம் (teṅkam), தென்னை (teṉṉai)
            • Malayalam: തെങ്ങ് (teṅṅŭ)
          • Toda-Kota:
          • Kodava: ತೆಙ್ಗು ಮರ (“coconut tree”)

References
  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 528.
  2. Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.
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