User talk:Illustrious Lock

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Vis M (talk) 05:51, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Valid language names

Illustrious Lock, you can only use valid language names as headers. Do not move Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/piṯu again. --{{victar|talk}} 07:42, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

It is not a Proto-Dravidian term; it is a Proto-South Dravidian term. Illustrious Lock (talk) 08:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

We do not currently recognize Proto-South Dravidian as a valid language on the project, and until it is, entries can not be created with that header. You can find a relevant discussion here: User_talk:AleksiB_1945#Proto-Dravidian_entries. --{{victar|talk}} 08:28, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Better delete it Illustrious Lock (talk) 08:31, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Deleting pages and RfDs

Pages need to go through an WT:RfD process for them to be deleted. Do not simply delete pages, especially if they have an already active {{rfd}} on them! If you remove another Rfd, like you did here today, you will face a block. --{{victar|talk}} 20:57, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Reason for this edit?

Do you mind explaining why you deleted the translations in this edit? Thanks. Brusquedandelion (talk) 18:54, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't know. It was looking cluttered; that's why I did it. You may undo it if you want. Illustrious Lock (talk) 02:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

புருவம்

For Tamil, it may be phonetically regular to have a word like bhrū rendered as puruvam, but in case of Old Kannada, bhrū -> purvu definitely is not regular for a borrowing! Old Kannada has a lot of Sanskrit loans and these are borrowed as they are, along with their original pronunciation. But it seems purvu was borrowed in a proto-stage and then subject to Dravidian phonology and then inherited. So this word existed at least at the stage of Proto-South Dravidian or Proto-Tamil-Kannada. Also note how the Malayalam reflexes have a diverse variety, which is fairly typical in Malayalam in inherited words (IMO). So if Old Kannada and Malayalam are inherited, it makes sense to put Tamil as inherited too, in my opinion. I agree it need not be all the way to Proto Dravidian, but at least PSD or Proto-Tamil-Kannada would do. -- 𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘺𝘪^{(𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬)} 04:22, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Maybe, but it has to be reconstructed by some verified linguist first. Illustrious Lock (talk) 07:40, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Sure, but it doesn't stop us from saying it came from some intermediate PSD form - without actually reconstructing it, like I did at ಹುಬ್ಬು (hubbu). -- 𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘺𝘪^{(𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬)} 08:54, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

It could be Proto-Tamil-Kannada also since other SDI langs don't have it. For now, don't add any unsourced stuff. Illustrious Lock (talk) 16:42, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Same with sahasra and raajan AleksiB 1945 (talk) 14:21, 6 May 2024 (UTC)