Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/pillV
Proto-Dravidian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossible related to Hindi बिल्ली (billī). Compare Proto-Indo-Aryan *billa (“cat”).
Noun
edit*pillV
- cat (a domesticated subspecies of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pilli”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 370.