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*kaṇ
- (anatomy) eye
- *kaṇ-nīr
- South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
- Kannada: ಕಣ್ಣೀರು (kaṇṇīru)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- Tulu: ಕಣ್ನೀರ್ (kaṇnīrŭ)
- South-Central Dravidian:
- Central Dravidian:
- Kolami-Naiki:
- Kolami: కన్ (kan)
- Southeastern Kolami: కన్ (kan)
- Parji-Gadaba:
- Duruwa: [script needed] (kan)
- Kondekor: [script needed] (kanu)
- Ollari: [script needed] (kaṇ)
- Proto-North Dravidian: *qan
- Brahui: خَن (xan)
- Kurukh-Malto:
- Kurukh: ख़न्न (xann)
- Kumarbhag Paharia: क़नु (qanu)
- South Dravidian:
- South Dravidian I:
- Tamil-Kannada:
- Kannada: ಕಣ್ಣು (kaṇṇu)
- Tamil-Kodagu:
- Kodava: ಕಣ್ಣು (kaṇṇu)
- Old Tamil: 𑀓𑀡𑁆 (kaṇ)
- Tamil: கண் (kaṇ)
- Malayalam: കണ്ണ് (kaṇṇŭ)
- Toda-Kota:
- Tulu: ಕನ್ನ್ (kannŭ), ಕಣ್ಣ್ (kaṇṇŭ)
- South Dravidian II:
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 100: “*kaṇ”.
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “1159”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 109.