நாய்
nāy‘the domestic dog’
simplex — no productive affix
The same meaning in all five languages
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dog
chien
कुत्ता
కుక్క
நாய்
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How the graph explains it
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01நாய் (nāy) is a Tamil noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
- rulerule:simplex
02Its meaning ('the domestic dog') can be approximated as LIVE in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
- rulerule:atom-structure
- atomatom:LIVE
03நாய் is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *nāy ‘dog’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
- rulerule:etymology-hop
- edgeedge:dog-pdr-ta0.70
- sourcededr0.70
04Aligned forms: English dog (translation equivalent); French chien (translation equivalent); Hindi कुत्ता (kuttā) (translation equivalent); Telugu కుక్క (kukka) (translation equivalent).1 step
- rulerule:alignment
Where it came from
Full lineage graph →- *nāyReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →நாய் accepteddedr0.70