Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/ñĀṇ

This Proto-South 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-South Dravidian

Noun

*ñĀṇ

string, cord

Descendants

South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ನೇಣು (nēṇu)
  - Tamil-Malayalam:
    - Malayalam: ഞാൺ (ñāṇ)
    - Tamil: நாண் (nāṇ), ஞாண் (ñāṇ)
- Tulu: ನೇಣ (nēṇa), ನೇಣು (nēṇu)
South-Central:
- Gondi: నోనె (nōne), నోణె (nōṇe), నోండె (nōṇḍe), నోడె (nōḍe)
- Konda-Kui:
  - Konda-Dora: నాసు (nāsu)
  - Kui (India): ନ୕ଣୁ (nōṇu), ନ୕ଡ଼ୁ (nōṛu), ନ୕ସୁ (nōsu)
  - Kuvi: ନ୕ଣ (nōṇo)
- Telugu: నాను (nānu)

References

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

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