Proto-South Dravidian : *tām
Meaning : themselves
Tamil : tām (obl. tam; before vowels tamm-)
Tamil meaning : they themselves; you (hon. pl.)
Tamil derivates : tāŋkaḷ you (hon. pl.); tamar one's own people, relatives, kindred, friends, servants; tamarmai friendship; taman_ a male relative or friend; fem. tamaḷ; tami solitude, loneliness, destitution; (-pp-, -tt-) to be alone, lonely; tamiyan_ solitary, lonely man, destitute person; fem. tamiyaḷ; tam-appan_ father
Malayalam : tām (obl. tam-, tamm-)
Malayalam meaning : themselves
Malayalam derivates : tāŋkaḷ, taŋŋaḷ they, themselves; you (hon.); tamar one's own people; tam-appan father
Kannada : tām (obl. tam-), tāvu (obl. tav-)
Kannada meaning : they, themselves; you (hon.)
Kannada derivates : tamatu, tamattu, tammatu, tammutu, tammadu theirs; tamar, tavar those who are his, hers or theirs, one's own people
Kodagu : taŋga (obl. taŋga-)
Kodagu meaning : themselves
Number in DED : 3162
