Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tantay
Proto-Dravidian
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editEtymology
editNoun
edit*tantay
Descendants
edit- Kannada: ತಂದೆ (tande)
- Tamil: தந்தை (tantai)
- Telugu: తండ్రి (taṇḍri)
- Malayalam: തന്ത (tanta)
- Kui (India): [script needed] (tanji)
- Duruwa: तेंद (tend)
References
edit- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tantai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3067.