Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/palli

This Proto-South 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-South Dravidian edit

Etymology edit

Compound of *pall +‎ *i.

Noun edit

*palli

lizard

Descendants edit

South:
- Tamil–Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ಪಲ್ಲಿ (palli)
    - Kannada: ಪಲ್ಲಿ (palli), ಹಲ್ಲಿ (halli)
  - Kodava: ಪಲ್ಲಿ (palli)
  - Tamil-Malayalam
    - Malayalam: പല്ലി (palli)
    - Tamil: பல்லி (palli)
- Tulu: ಪಲ್ಲಿ (palli)
South-Central:
- Telugu: బల్లి (balli), పల్లి (palli)
- Gondi-Kui:
  - Gondi: పల్ (pal), బల్ డొక్కె (bal ḍokke, “house lizard”)
  - Konda-Dora: [script needed] (bali ṭoṇḍo, “house-lizard”)
→ Sanskrit: पल्ली (pallī, “lizard”)
- Konkani: पाल (pāl)
- Marathi: पाल (pāl)

References edit

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 529.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “palli”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 355.