Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/amma

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Noun

*amma or *ammā

mother

Descendants

Northern:
- Brahui: [script needed] (ammā)
Southern:
- Kannada: ಅಮ್ (am)
- Malayalam: അമ്മ (amma)
- Tamil: அம்மா (ammā)
South-Central:
- Telugu: అమ్మ (amma)

References

Thomas Burrow; Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984), “ammā”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press

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