கோயி

Irula

கோயி

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *kōẓi. Cognate with Tamil கோழி (kōḻi), Kannada ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi), Kodava ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi), Malayalam കോഴി (kōḻi),Gondi గొగ్డి (gogḍi), Tulu ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi), Telugu కోడి (kōḍi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koːji/

Noun

கோயி (kōyi)

1. chicken

References

• Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil‎^[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 46