Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kōẓ-
Proto-Dravidian
Alternative forms
- *koẓ-
Adjective
*kōẓ-
- young, tender, fresh
Descendants
- South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
- Kannada: ಕೊೞತ (koḻata), ಕೊಡ- (koḍa-), ಕೊಡಸು (koḍasu)
- Tamil-Malayalam:
- Tamil: குழந்தை (kuḻantai), கொழந்த (koḻanta), கொளந்த (koḷanta) — Spoken Tamil, கொய்ந்த (koynta) — Madras Bashai
- → Malayalam: കൊന്തെ (konte)
- Malayalam: കൊഴുന്ത് (koḻuntŭ)
- Tamil: குழந்தை (kuḻantai), கொழந்த (koḻanta), கொளந்த (koḷanta) — Spoken Tamil, கொய்ந்த (koynta) — Madras Bashai
- Tamil-Kannada:
- North Dravidian:
- Brahui: خرن (xarrun)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 158, 159.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2149”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.