Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/appa

Etymology
Lallwort, imitative of baby-talk. Similar words for father are found across language families; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Under the controversial Nostratic language macro-family theory, 🇨🇬 has been proposed as a cognate.

Noun

 * 1) father

Descendants

 * South Dravidian: *appā
 * South Central: *appā
 * Gondi-Kui: *ā̆p
 * Tamil-Kannada-Tulu:
 * Tamil-Kannada: *appā
 * Tamil-Malayalam: *appā
 * North Dravidian
 * Brahui: abbā/اَبّا
 * Tamil-Malayalam: *appā
 * North Dravidian
 * Brahui: abbā/اَبّا
 * North Dravidian
 * Brahui: abbā/اَبّا
 * North Dravidian
 * Brahui: abbā/اَبّا