Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/cay

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.

*cay

1. five

• Malayalam: ഐ- (ai-)
• Tamil: ஐ- (ai-)

• *cay-m-tu
  • Central:
    • Kolami: सेन्दि (sēndi)
    • Kolami: अय्द् (ayd)
    • Southeastern Kolami: सेन्दि (sendi)
    • Southeastern Kolami: अय्द् (ayd)
  • South:
    • South I:
      • Kannada: ಐದು (aidu)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Kodava: ಅಂಜಿ (añji)
        • Kota (India): அஞ்ஜ் (añj)
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
          • Kanikkaran: എഞ്ചു
          • Malavedan: അഞ്ചു (añcu)
          • Malayalam: അഞ്ച് (añcŭ)
          • Tamil: ஐந்து (aintu)
      • Tulu: ಅಯಿನ್ (ayinŭ)
    • South II:
      • Telugu: ఐదు (aidu), అయిదు (ayidu), ఏను (ēnu)
        • → Kolami: ఐద్ (aid)

Unsorted forms

• Gondi: सैयुङ् (saiyuṅ), सॆय्युर् (seyyur)
• Kui (India): ସିଂଗି (siṅgi), ସିଂଗ୍ (siṅg), ସେ୕ଂଗି (sēṅgi)

• Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “aintu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala‎, Language in India