Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian I/wāẓay

This Proto-South Dravidian I 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 I

Noun

*wāẓay

1. banana

Descendants

• Tamil-Kannada:
  • Kannadoid:
    • Badaga: ಬಾಳೆ (bāḷe), ಬಾಯೆ (bāye), ಬೇ (bē)
    • Kannada: ಬಾಳೆ (bāḷe)
  • Kodava: ಬಾಳೆ (bāḷe)
  • Tamil-Kota:
    • Irula-Muduga:
      • Irula: வா (vā), வாயெ (vāye)
      • Muduga: ബാഗ (bāga)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
      • Tamil: வாழை (vāḻai)
      • Malayalam: വാഴ (vāḻa)
    • Toda-Kota:
      • Kota (India): [script needed] (va·g), [script needed] (va·y), [script needed] (vaṇ)
      • Toda: [script needed] (pa·w)
• Tulu: ಬಾಳೆ (bāḷe), ಬಾರೆ (bāre)
• → Sanskrit: वारबुषा (vārabuṣā), वार (vāra)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5373”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Subrahmanyam, P.S. (2011) A Supplement to Dravidian etymological dictionary, Chennai : Central Institute of Classical Tamil, page 162.