Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/nāl

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

Proto-Dravidian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *nāl
    Adjectival: *nāl

Numeral

*nāl

  1. four

Derived terms

  • *nāl-nk(k)V
    • Tamil: நால்கு (nālku)
    • Kannada: ನಾಲ್ಕು (nālku), ನಾಕು (nāku), ನಾಲಕ್ಕು (nālakku), ನಾಲುಕು (nāluku) (colloquial)
    • Telugu: నాలుగు (nālugu), నాల్గు (nālgu)
    • Kolami: नालिङ् (nāliṅ)
    • → Nihali: नल्को
  • *nān-k(k)V
  • *nāl-tt-i
    • Tamil: நாற்றி (nāṟṟi, “fourfold”)

Descendants

See also

  • Appendix:Cognate sets for Dravidian languages

References

  • Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  • Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “nālku”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  • S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013), Tribal Languages of Kerala‎[1], Language in India
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