Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tenkāy

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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/tenkāy

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

Etymology

According to Krishnamurti (2003), from *teṉ (“south”) +‎ *kāy (“fruit”), meaning literally “the southern fruit”.

Noun

*tenkāy[1][2]

1. (botany) coconut

Descendants

• Southern Dravidian:
  • Tulu: ತೆಙ್ಗು (teṅgu)
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Kannada-Badaga:
      • Kannada: ತೆಙ್ಗಾಯ್ (teṅgāy), ತೆಙ್ಗು (teṅgu)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Tamil-Malayalam:
          • Tamil: தேங்காய் (tēṅkāy), தெங்கு (teṅku), தெங்கம் (teṅkam), தென்னை (teṉṉai)
          • Malayalam: തേങ്ങ (tēṅṅa), തെങ്ങ് (teṅṅŭ)
        • Toda-Kota:
          • Toda: [script needed] (tögoy), [script needed] (tegy)
          • Kota (India): [script needed] (tenkāy), [script needed] (tegy)
        • Kodava: ತೆಙ್ಗೆ (teṅge), ತೆಙ್ಗು ಮರ​ (teṅgu mara, “coconut tree”)
• South-Central Dravidian:
  • Telugu: తెంకాయ (teṅkāya), తేమ్రాను (tēmrānu, “coconut tree”)

References

1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 528.
2. Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.