Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/katti

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

Noun

*katti

knife

Descendants

Southern:
- Tulu: ಕತ್ತಿ (katti), ಕತ್ತೆ (katte)
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ಕತ್ತಿ (katti)
    - Badaga: ಕತ್ತಿ (katti)
  - Tamil-Kodava:
    - Kodava: ಕತ್ತಿ (katti)
    - Malayalam: കത്തി (katti)
    - Tamil: கத்தி (katti)
South-Central:
- Telugu: కత్తి (katti)
- Gondi: కత్తి (katti), కాతి (kāti)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “katti”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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