Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/kiẓakku

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 *kiẓ +‎ *a +‎ *kku.

Noun

*kiẓakku

east

Descendants

Kodava: [script needed] (kë·kï)
Malayalam: കിഴക്ക് (kiḻakkŭ)
Tamil: கிழக்கு (kiḻakku)

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

Compass points

	*waṭakku
*mēlkku		*kiẓakku
	*ten

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1619, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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