Tamil · noun

பல்

pal‘hard mouth part’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
tooth
tooth
French
dent
dent
Hindi
दाँतdā̃t
दाँत
Telugu
పల్లుpallu
పల్లు
Tamil
பல்pal
பல்
  • toothEnglish⟷dentFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • toothEnglish⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • dentFrench⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • பல்Tamil⟷పల్లుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01பல் (pal) is a Tamil noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('hard mouth part') can be approximated as HAVE(PART, BODY) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03பல் is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *pal ‘tooth’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-pdr-ta0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  4. 04పల్లు is cognate with ta பல் (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-cog-ta-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  5. 05Aligned forms: English tooth (translation equivalent); French dent (translation equivalent); Hindi दाँत (dā̃t) (translation equivalent); Telugu పల్లు (pallu) (cognate).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *palReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →பல் accepted
    dedr0.70
  2. பல்Tamil— cognate →పల్లు accepted
    dedr0.70