Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/wāy

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

Noun

*wāy

1. mouth (edge, beak, mouth of vessel, aperture, blade of sword)

Descendants

• Central Dravidian:
  • Duruwa: ପା୕ୟ୍ (“mouth of a pot”)
  • Ollari: వాయ్ (vāy), వాసి (vāsi)
• North Dravidian:
  • Brahui: با (bā)
  • Kurukh: बई (baī)
• South Dravidian:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ಬಾಯ್ (bāy)
      • Kannada: ಬಾಯಿ (bāyi)
    • Kota-Toda:
      • Kota (India): வாய் (vāy)
      • Toda: போய் (po·y)
    • Kodava: ಬಾಯ್ (bāyŭ)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Irula: வாயி (vāyi)
      • Malayalam: വായ (vāya), വാ (vā), വായ് (vāyŭ); ബാ (bā), ബായ (bāya) — dialectal
      • Tamil: வாய் (vāy)
  • Tulu: ಬಾಯಿ (bāyi)
• South-Central:
  • Telugu: వాయి (vāyi), వాయ (vāya)
  • Gondi: వాయ్ (vāy)
  • Konda-Kui:
    • Konda-Dora: వెయు (veyu)
    • Manda (India): ଵାୟ୍ (vay)
    • Pengo: ଵେୟ୍ (vey)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 484.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.