توننگ

Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *toṭV- (“to hold”). Cognate with Tamil தொடு (toṭu, “to touch”).

Verb

تونِنْگ (toniṅg)

1. to hold
2. to hold fast
3. to keep
4. to keep up, maintain
5. to employ
6. to harbour
7. to keep back, detain
8. to keep off, fend
9. to restrain
10. to keep from, prevent
11. to stop, stay

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “tōning”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 290
• M. S. Andronov (1980) The Brahui Language (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, page 82
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3480”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.