Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/paḷḷi

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

*paḷḷi

family, household
(later Dravidian) village, hamlet

Descendants

Central:
- Duruwa: पल्लि
North:
- Kurux: पल्ली (pallī)
South:
- Southern I:
  - Tamil-Kannada:
    - Old Kannada: ಪಳ್ಳಿ (paḷḷi)
      - Kannada: ಹಳ್ಳಿ (haḷḷi)
        → Tulu: ಹಳ್ಳಿ (haḷḷi)
        → Konkani: हळ्ळि (haḷḷi)
    - Tamil-Kodagu:
      - Kodava: ಪಳ್ಳಿ (paḷḷi)
      - Old Tamil: 𑀧𑀴𑁆𑀴𑀺 (paḷḷi)
        Malayalam: പള്ളി (paḷḷi)
        Tamil: பள்ளி (paḷḷi)
        → Burmese: ဗလီ (ba.li)
        → Dhivehi: ފައްޅި (faḷḷi)
        → Saurashtra: ꢦꣁꢳ꣄ꢳꢶ (poḷḷi)
        → Sinhalese: පල්ලිය (palliya)
      - Toda: பொள்ய் (poḷy)
  - Tulu: ಪಳ್ಳಿ (paḷḷi)
- Southern II:
  - Telugu: పల్లి (palli)
→ Sanskrit: पल्लि (palli, “settlement of tribes; village; hut”), पल्ली (pallī), पल्लिका (pallikā)
- → Bengali: পল্লি (polli)

References

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