< Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian

Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/waṭakku

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 *waṭ +‎ *a +‎ *kku.

Noun

*waṭakku[1]

  1. north

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

Compass points
*waṭakku
*mēlkku *kiẓakku
*ten

Descendants
  • South Dravidian:
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada: ಬಡ (baḍa), ಬಡಗ (baḍaga), ಬಡಗು (baḍagu), ಬಡಗಣ (baḍagaṇa)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
    • Tulu: ಬಡಕಾಯಿ (baḍakāyi)
  • South-Central Dravidian:

References
  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.

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