Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/ten

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

*ten[1]

south, southern

Derived terms

*tenkāy

Descendants

Malayalam: തെൻ (teṉ)
Tamil: தென் (teṉ)

Derived terms

*teṯ-kku
- Kodava: [script needed] (tekkï), [script needed] (tëkkï), [script needed] (tekkië)
- Malayalam: തെക്ക് (tekkŭ)
- Tamil: தெற்கு (teṟku)

Unsorted forms

Gondi: [script needed] (telṅāṛ)
Kannada: ತೆಂಕಣ (teṅkaṇa)
Telugu: తెనుగు (tenugu), తెలుగు (telugu)
Tulu: ತೆಂಕಾಯಿ (teṅkāyi)

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

Compass points

	*waṭakku
*mēlkku		*kiẓakku
	*ten

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 391-392.

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[1] Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 391-392.