Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/waṭakku

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 *waṭ +‎ *a +‎ *kku.

Noun

*waṭakku^[1]

north

Coordinate terms

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	*waṭakku
*mēlkku		*kiẓakku
	*ten

Descendants

South Dravidian:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Kannada: ಬಡ (baḍa), ಬಡಗ (baḍaga), ಬಡಗು (baḍagu), ಬಡಗಣ (baḍagaṇa)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Kannada script: ಬಡಕು
      
      Malayalam script: ബഡകു
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Malayalam: വട (vaṭa), വടക്ക് (vaṭakkŭ)
      - Tamil: வட (vaṭa), வடகு (vaṭaku), வடக்கு (vaṭakku)
- Tulu: ಬಡಕಾಯಿ (baḍakāyi)
South-Central Dravidian:
- Telugu: వడకు (vaḍaku)

References

^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 531.