Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian I/maẓay

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

Compound of *maẓ +‎ *ay.

Noun

*maẓay

rain

Descendants

Tamil-Kannada:
- Old Kannada: ಮೞೆ (maḻe)
  - Alu Kurumba: ಮಯೆ (maye)
  - Badaga: ಮಾಯೆ (māye), ಮೇ (mē)
  - Kannada: ಮಳೆ (maḷe)
- Kodava: ಮಳೆ (maḷe)
- Irula-Muduga:
  - Irula: மா (mā), மே (mē), [script needed] (mä:)
  - Muduga: മഗ (maga)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
  - Malayalamoid:
    - Kanikkaran: മെയ
    - Kurichiya: മെയ (meya)
    - Malayalam: മഴ (maḻa)
  - Tamiloid:
    - Kurichiya: മച (maca)
    - Tamil: மழை (maḻai)
- Toda-Kota:
  - Kota (India): [Term?] (/⁠may⁠/)
  - Toda: [Term?] (/⁠maw⁠/)
Tulu: ಮಳೆ (maḷe), ಮರ್ಯಾಳ (maryāḷa)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 530.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “4753”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Subrahmanyam, P.S. (2011), A Supplement to Dravidian etymological dictionary, Chennai : Central Institute of Classical Tamil, page 146.
S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013), Tribal Languages of Kerala‎^[1], Language in India