توننگ
Brahui
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Dravidian *toṭV- (“to hold”). Cognate with Tamil தொடு (toṭu, “to touch”).
Verb
editتونِنْگ (toniṅg)
- to hold
- to hold fast
- to keep
- to keep up, maintain
- to employ
- to harbour
- to keep back, detain
- to keep off, fend
- to restrain
- to keep from, prevent
- to stop, stay
References
edit- Bray, Denys (1934) “tōning”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 290
- M. S. Andronov (1980) The Brahui Language (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, page 82
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3480”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.