Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/tenkāy

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]

(botany) coconut

Descendants

Southern Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada-Badaga:
    - Kannada: ತೆಙ್ಗಾಯ್ (teṅgāy)
    - Tamil-Kodagu:
      - Tamil-Malayalam:
        Tamil: தேங்காய் (tēṅkāy)
        
        Malayalam: തേങ്ങ (tēṅṅa)
      - Toda-Kota:
        Toda: (tögoy), (tegy)
        
        Kota (India): (tenkāy), (tegy)
      - Kodava: ತೆಙ್ಗೆ (teṅge)
South-Central Dravidian:
- Telugu: టెంకాయ (ṭeṅkāya), తేమ్రాను (tēmrānu, “coconut tree”)

Unsorted forms

Southern Dravidian:
- Tulu: ತೆಙ್ಗು (teṅgu)
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada-Badaga:
    - Kannada: ತೆಙ್ಗು (teṅgu)
    - Tamil-Kodagu:
      - Tamil-Malayalam:
        Tamil: தெங்கு (teṅku), தெங்கம் (teṅkam), தென்னை (teṉṉai)
        
        Malayalam: തെങ്ങ് (teṅṅŭ)
      - Toda-Kota:
      - Kodava: ತೆಙ್ಗು ಮರ (teṅgu mara, “coconut tree”)

References

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

[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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