Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/
mā
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
Noun
*mā
[
1
]
animal
,
beast
,
deer
Descendants
Tamil:
மா
(
mā
)
Telugu:
మావు
(
māvu
)
Derived terms
*mā-n
Tamil:
மான்
(
māṉ
)
Malayalam:
മാൻ
(
māṉ
)
References
^
Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju
(
2003
)
The Dravidian Languages
(Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
page
530
.