Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kaẓutay

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

Noun

*kaẓutay

1. donkey, ass

Descendants

• South-Central Dravidian:
  • Telugu: గాడిదె (gāḍide)
• Southern Dravidian:
  • Kodava: ಕತ್ತೆ (katte)
  • Tulu: ಕತ್ತೆ (katte)
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Badaga: ಕತ್ತೆ (katte)
    • Old Kannada: ಕೞ್ತೆ (kaḻte)
      • Kannada: ಕತ್ತೆ (katte)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: കഴുത (kaḻuta)
        • Tamil: கழுதை (kaḻutai)
          • → Indonesian: keledai
          • → Malay: keldai
          • → Sinhalese: කළුදෑවා (kaḷudǣwā)
      • Toda-Kota:
        • Kota (India): [script needed] (kaṛt)
        • Toda: [script needed] (katy)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1364”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.