< Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian
Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/naHay
Proto-Dravidian
Etymology
Compound of *naH + *ay.
Noun
*naHay[1]
- dog
Descendants
- Tamil: நாய் (nāy)
- Malayalam: നായ (nāya), നായ് (nāyŭ)
- Old Kannada: ನಾಯ್ (nāy)
- Kannada: ನಾಯಿ (nāyi)
- Tulu: ನಾಯಿ (nāyi)
- Kodava: ನಾಯಿ (nāyi)
- Gondi: నెయ్
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 100.