Tamil · noun

நாய்

nāy‘the domestic dog’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
dog
dog
French
chien
chien
Hindi
कुत्ताkuttā
कुत्ता
Telugu
కుక్కkukka
కుక్క
Tamil
நாய்nāy
நாய்

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  1. 01நாய் (nāy) is a Tamil noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('the domestic dog') can be approximated as LIVE in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03நாய் is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *nāy ‘dog’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:dog-pdr-ta0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  4. 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

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  1. *nāyReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →நாய் accepted
    dedr0.70