மூங்கா

Tamil

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *mūnkūc-. Cognate with Kannada ಮುಂಗುಸಿ (muṅgusi), Tulu ಮುಂಗಿಲಿ (muṅgili) and Telugu ముంగిస (muṅgisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːŋɡaː/

Noun

மூங்கா • (mūṅkā)

1. mongoose

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “மூங்கா”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]