Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ā

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

Noun

*ā

cow

Descendants

South:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ಆವು (āvu)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Kodava: ಅತ್ತ (atta)
    - Kota (India): [script needed] (a·v)
    - Old Tamil: 𑀆 (ā)
      - Malayalam: ആ (ā), ആവ് (āvŭ), ആൻ (āṉ)
      - Tamil: ஆ (ā), ஆன் (āṉ)
South-Central:
- Telugu: ఆవు (āvu)
North:
- Kurukh: [script needed] (ōy)
- Kumarbhag Paharia: [script needed] (óyu)

Derived terms

South:
- Tamil-Kodagu:
  - Malayalam: ആയൻ (āyaṉ)
  - Tamil: ஆய் (āy), ஆயன் (āyaṉ)
  - Toda: [script needed] (-of) (suffix used in some names of female buffaloes).
- Tulu: ಅಂಬಿ (ambi)
South-Central:
- Kui (India): [script needed] (ānga gaṭanju)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “334”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.