Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/cay

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

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Numeral

*cay

five

Descendants

Malayalam: ഐ- (ai-)
Tamil: ஐ- (ai-)

Derived terms

*cay-m-tu
- Southern:
  - Kannada: ಐದು (aidu)
  - Tamil-Kodagu:
    - Kota (India): அஞ்ஜ் (añj)
    - Kodava: ಅಂಜಿ (añji)
    - Tamil-Malayalam:
      - Kanikkaran: എഞ്ചു
      - Malayalam: അഞ്ച് (añcŭ)
      - Malavedan: അഞ്ചു (añcu)
      - Tamil: ஐந்து (aintu)
  - Tulu: ಅಯಿನ್ (ayinŭ)
- South-Central:
  - Telugu: ఐదు (aidu), అయిదు (ayidu), ఏను (ēnu)
    - → Kolami: ఐద్ (aid)
  - Kui (India): ସିଂଗି (siṅgi), ସିଂଗ୍ (siṅg), ସେ୕ଂଗି (sēṅgi)
  - Gondi: సైయుఙ్ (saiyuṅ), సీయుఙ్ (sīyuṅ), సీయుఙ్ (sīyuṅ), హయుఙ్ (hayuṅ), హైఙ్ (haiṅ), ఐఙ్ (aiṅ)
- Central:
  - Southeastern Kolami: సేంది (sēndi)

Unsorted forms

Gondi: సెయ్యుర్ (seyyur), సీవిర్ (sīvir), సెయుర్ (seyur), హయ్వుర్ (hayvur), హయుర్ (hayur), అయ్వుర్ (ayvur), ఎయ్వుర్ (eyvur)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “aintu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013), “cay”, in Tribal Languages of Kerala, Language in India

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