Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kamkuẓi

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 *kam +‎ *kuẓi

Noun

*kamkuẓi

1. armpit

Descendants

• Central Dravidian:
  • Parji-Gadaba:
    • Duruwa: [script needed] (kavkor), [script needed] (kavkoḍ), [script needed] (kavŋgil), [script needed] (kaŋgil)
    • Ollari: [script needed] (kalgil)
• South Dravidian:
  • South Dravidian I:
    • Korra Koraga: ಕರ್ಕಿಲೆಡಿ (karkileḍi)
    • Tamil-Kannada:
      • Kannada: ಕಂಕುಳ (kaṅkuḷa)
      • Tamil-Kodagu:
        • Kodava: [script needed] (kavŋkï)
        • Tamil: கமுக்கட்டு (kamukkaṭṭu)
        • Toda-Kota:
          • Kota (India): [script needed] (ganjguy), [script needed] (ganjgu·ly)
          • Toda: [script needed] (komkwïṛ)
    • Tulu: ಕಂಕುಳ (kaṅkuḷa​), കംകുള (kaṅkuḷa)
  • South Dravidian II:
    • Telugu: కౌంగిలి (kauṅgili)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1234, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1818, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.