Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/mām

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

Etymology

Compound of *mā +‎ *m.

Noun

*mām

mango tree

Descendants

Kannada: ಮಾವು (māvu)
Tamil: மா (mā), மாம் (mām)
Malayalam: മാ (mā), മാവ് (māvŭ)

Derived terms

*mā-m-kāy
- Tamil: மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)
  - → Malay: mangga (see there for further descendants)
- Malayalam: മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)
  - → Portuguese: manga (see there for further descendants) (or via Tamil, Malay)

*mā-m-paẓ-am
- Tamil: மாம்பழம் (māmpaḻam)
  - → Malay: mempelam
- Malayalam: മാമ്പഴം (māmpaḻaṁ)

Unsorted forms

Kannada: ಮಾವಿನಹಣ್ಣು (māvinahaṇṇu), ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ (māvinakāyi)
Telugu: మామిడి (māmiḍi)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 530.
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “māṅkāy”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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