Proto-South Dravidian : *āj
Meaning : mother; woman
Tamil : āy, āyi, yāy, ñāy
Tamil meaning : mother
Tamil derivates : āycci, ācci mother, grandmother; āccāḷ mother; āyāḷ mother, grandmother, old woman; (yāy my mother, ñāy thy mother; Kur_unt 40); tāy mother; tāycci wet nurse, pregnant woman; tāyār mother, Lakṣmī; tāymai motherhood
Malayalam : ācci
Malayalam meaning : mother, grandmother
Malayalam derivates : tāyi mother
Kannada : āyi, tāy, tāyi, tāye
Kannada meaning : mother
Kodagu : tāyi
Kodagu meaning : grandmother
Tulu : tāyi
Tulu meaning : mother
Number in DED : 0364
