Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/nāl
Proto-Dravidian
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Cardinal: *nāl Adjectival: *nāl |
Numeral
edit*nāl
Descendants
edit- Tamil: நால் (nāl)
- Malayalam: നാല് (nālŭ)
- Tulu: ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)
- Kannada: ನಾಲು (nālu)
- Gondi: నాలుంగ్ (nāluṅg)
- Kodava: ನಾಲು (nālu)
- Kolami: नालिङ् (nāliṅ)
Derived terms
edit- *nāl-nk(k)V
- *nān-k(k)V
See also
editReferences
edit- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “nālku”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala[1], Language in India