Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/mām
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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
Etymology
Noun
*mām
- mango tree
Descendants
- Kannada: ಮಾ (mā), ಮಾಂ (māṃ), ಮಾವು (māvu)
- Malayalam: മാ (mā), മാവ് (māvŭ)
- Tamil: மா (mā), மாம் (mām)
- Telugu: మావి (māvi)
Derived terms
- *mā-m-kāy
- Unsorted forms
- Kannada: ಮಾವಿನಹಣ್ಣು (māvinahaṇṇu), ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ (māvinakāyi)
- Telugu: మామిడి (māmiḍi)
- → Sanskrit: माकन्द (mākanda)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 530.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “māṅkāy”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.