ଏ୕ୟ୍

See also: ଏୟୁ

Manda (India)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṯu (“river”). Cognate with Kuvi ଏ୕ୟୁ (ēyu), Tamil ஆறு (āṟu), Malayalam ആറ് (āṟŭ), Telugu ఏరు (ēru).

Noun

ଏ୕ୟ୍ (ēy)[1]

water

References

Reddy, B. Ramakrishna (2009) “e:y(u)”, in Manda-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Mysuru: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 21

Further reading

Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 468.

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