Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/
wāẓ
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
Verb
*wāẓ
to
live
to
flourish
Descendants
Kannada:
ಬಾಳು
(
bāḷu
)
Malayalam:
വാഴുക
(
vāḻuka
)
Tamil:
வாழ்
(
vāḻ
)
⇒
Old Kannada:
ಬೞ್ದುಂಕು
(
baḻduṅku
)
Middle Kannada:
ಬರ್ದುಂಕು
(
barduṃku
)
Kannada:
ಬದುಕು
(
baduku
)
→
Telugu:
బతుకు
(
batuku
)
References
Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju
(
2003
),
The Dravidian Languages
(Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
page
531
.