Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/tinkaḷ

This Proto-South 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-South Dravidian

Etymology

Compound of *tink +‎ *aḷ.

Noun

*tinkaḷ

1. (astronomy) moon

Descendants

• South Dravidian I:
  • Tamil-Kannada:
    • Old Kannada: ತಿಂಗಳ್ (tiṅgaḷ)
      • Alu Kurumba: ತಿಂಗ (tiṅga)
      • Badaga: [script needed] (tingua)
      • Kannada: ತಿಂಗಳು (tiṅgaḷu)
    • Tamil-Kodagu:
      • Irula: [script needed] (tinga)
      • Kodava: tiṅga (“moon”)

        Kannada script: ತಿಂಗ

        Malayalam script: തിംഗ

      • Tamil-Malayalam:
        • Malayalam: തിങ്കൾ (tiṅkaḷ), തിങ്കള് (tiṅkaḷŭ), തിങ്ങൾ (tiṅṅaḷ)
        • Mannan: തിങ്ക (tiṅka)
        • Tamil: திங்கள் (tiṅkaḷ)
      • Toda-Kota:
        • Kota (India): [Term?] (/⁠tigḷ⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠tiŋgḷ⁠/)
        • Toda: [script needed] (tïgïḷ, “moon”), [script needed] (ti·ł̣, “month”)
  • Tulu: ತಿಂಗೊಳು (tiṅgoḷu)
• South Dravidian II:
  • Kui (India): ତିଂଗାଲ୍ ଦାଂଜୁ (tiṅgal dañju, “crescent moon”)

References

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tiṅkaḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 279.
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 528.