Reconstruction:Proto-South Dravidian/tinkaḷ

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 *tink +‎ *aḷ.

Noun

*tinkaḷ

(astronomy) moon

Descendants

South Dravidian I:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Old Kannada: ತಿಂಗಳ್ (tiṅgaḷ)
    - Alu Kurumba: ತಿಂಗ (tiṅga)
    - Badaga: [script needed] (tingua)
    - Kannada: ತಿಂಗಳು (tiṅgaḷu)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Irula: [script needed] (tinga)
    - Kodava: tiṅga (“moon”)
      Kannada script: ತಿಂಗ
      
      Malayalam script: തിംഗ
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Malayalam: തിങ്കൾ (tiṅkaḷ), തിങ്കള് (tiṅkaḷŭ), തിങ്ങൾ (tiṅṅaḷ) — rare
      - Mannan: തിങ്ക (tiṅka)
      - Tamil: திங்கள் (tiṅkaḷ)
    - Toda-Kota:
      - Kota (India): [Term?] (/⁠tigḷ⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠tiŋgḷ⁠/)
      - Toda: [script needed] (tïgïḷ, “moon”), [script needed] (ti·ł̣, “month”)
- Tulu: ತಿಂಗೊಳು (tiṅgoḷu)
South Dravidian II:
- Kui (India): ତିଂଗାଲ୍ ଦାଂଜୁ (tiṅgal dañju, “crescent moon”)

References

Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tiṅkaḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 279.
Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 528.