Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/tenkāy

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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

According to Krishnamurti (2003), from Proto-Dravidian *teṉ (“south”) +‎ *kāy (“fruit”), meaning literally “the southern fruit”.

Noun

*tenkāy[1][2]

  1. (botany) coconut

Descendants

Unsorted forms

References

  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 528.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.
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