Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/cay

This Proto-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-Dravidian

**Proto-Dravidian numbers ^(edit)**
← 4	5	6 →
Cardinal: cay Adjectival: cay

Numeral

*cay

five

Descendants

Malayalam: ഐ- (ai-)
Tamil: ஐ- (ai-)

Derived terms

*cay-m-tu
- Central:
  - Kolami: सेन्दि (sēndi)
  - Kolami: अय्द् (ayd)
  - Southeastern Kolami: सेन्दि (sendi)
  - Southeastern Kolami: अय्द् (ayd)
- South:
  - South I:
    - Kannada: ಐದು (aidu)
    - Tamil-Kodagu:
      - Kodava: ಅಂಜಿ (añji)
      - Kota (India): அஞ்ஜ் (añj)
      - Tamil-Malayalam:
        Kanikkaran: എഞ്ചു
        
        Malavedan: അഞ്ചു (añcu)
        
        Malayalam: അഞ്ച് (añcŭ)
        
        Tamil: ஐந்து (aintu)
    - Tulu: ಅಯಿನ್ (ayinŭ)
  - South II:
    - Telugu: ఐదు (aidu), అయిదు (ayidu), ఏను (ēnu)
      - → Kolami: ఐద్ (aid)

Unsorted forms

Gondi: सैयुङ् (saiyuṅ), सॆय्युर् (seyyur)
Kui (India): ସିଂଗି (siṅgi), ସିଂଗ୍ (siṅg), ସେ୕ଂଗି (sēṅgi)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “aintu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala‎^[1], Language in India