Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kalam
Proto-Dravidian
editNoun
edit*kalam
Descendants
edit- Tamil: கலம் (kalam)
- Malayalam: കലം (kalaṁ)
- Kannada: ಕಲ (kala)
- Kodava: ಕಲ (kala)
- Tulu: ಕರ (kara)
- Telugu: కలము (kalamu)
- → Sanskrit: कला (kalā), कलश (kalaśa)
References
edit- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kalam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.