Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/elay

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

Etymology

Compound of *el +‎ *ay.

Noun

*elay

1. leaf

Descendants

• Central dravidian:
  • Kolami: रॆक्क (rekka)
• South:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ಎಲೆ (ele)
      • Alu Kurumba: ಎಲೆ (ele)
      • Badaga: ಎಲೆ (ele)
      • Kannada: ಎಲೆ (ele)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Iruloid:
        • Attapady Kurumba: ഇലെ
        • Irula: எலெ (ele)
      • ⇒ Kodava: ಎಲಕಂಡ (elakaṇḍa)
      • Old Tamil: 𑀇𑀮𑁃 (ilai)
        • Tamil: இலை (ilai)
        • Malayalam: ഇല (ila)
      • Toda-Kota:
        • Toda: எஸ் (es̱)
        • Kota (India): எல் (el)
  • Tulu: ಇರೆ (ire), ಇಲೆ (ile)
• South Central:
  • ⇒ Gondi: [script needed] (koṛk-ila, “new leaf”)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ilai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.