Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/kaṭal

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 *kaṭ +‎ *al.

Noun

*kaṭal

sea

Descendants

Old Kannada: ಕಡಲ್ (kaḍal)
- Kannada: ಕಡಲು (kaḍalu)
Kodava: ಕಡ (kaḍa)
Malayalam: കടൽ (kaṭal)
Tamil: கடல் (kaṭal)
Telugu: కడలి (kaḍali)
Tulu: ಕಡಲ್ (kaḍalŭ)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kaṭal”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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