Dravidian and Altaic 'to bend' - Ta. kavi- / kavil/-, Mo. kebui kobure-, MT.KAMPI-/ KEBILE-

Abstract

The paper deals with a small etymological nest of Dravidian and Altaic oscillating around the three pivoting terms, viz. Та. kavi-, Mo. kebiii-, MT. KEBILE-. The findings represent linguistic material which is complementary to the other verbs constituting parallels in the two families. The phonetic correspondences agree with the previously established correspondences including some range of variation. The parallels are also viewed within the context of a presumed high language contact, which should have taken place in the past, as it was defined in the author’s recent publications.