Kodava

English

Alternative forms

• Codava

Etymology

Borrowed from Kodava ಕೊಡವ (koḍava).

Noun

Kodava (plural Kodavas or Kodava)

1. A member of the ethnic Coorg Community.

Proper noun

Kodava

1. A Dravidian language spoken in the Kodagu district of Karnataka, India.

   Synonyms: Coorgi, Kodagu

Translations

Translations

• Hindi: कोडावा (koḍāvā)
• Kannada: ಕೊಡವ (kn) (koḍava)
• Kodava: ಕೊಡವ (koḍava)

See also

Kodava is closely related to the following languages:

• Badaga
• Kannada
• Tamil

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kodava terms
• Appendix:Kodava Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Kodava

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code kfn (SIL)