Telugu etymology : List with all references

Proto-Telugu : *tapp-

Meaning : error, mistake, blunder, fault, crime; erroneous, incorrect, wrong, bad; vb. to miss, fail, err, go wrong, transgress, violate, break

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : tappu

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : dabbu "to lie; n. deceit, lying"

Additional forms : Also tappuḍu erring, escaping; tappincu to extricate, free, save, remove; tappa except, but, save; tappaka surely, certainly, unfailingly; tappitamu fault, offence, shortcoming; dabbar_a a lie; false, dishonest

Number in DED : 3071

Proto-Dravidian : *tap-

Meaning : to make mistakes

Proto-South Dravidian: *tap-

Proto-Telugu : *tapp-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *tap-

Proto-South Dravidian : *tap-

Meaning : error, to err

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : tappu (tappi-)

Tamil meaning : to err, mistake, blunder, fail, be useless, go wrong, be omitted, escape, be rescued, be lost; n. fault, error, mistake, misdemeanour, slip, failure, lie, falsehood, deception, escape, flight, slipping away

Tamil derivates : tapātu mistake; tappal fault, mistake, crime; tappar_ai lie, falsehood, deception, fault, wrong, irregularity, error (< Te. dabbar_a); tappi (-pp-, -tt-) to escape, get free; tappitam blunder, mistake, error, wrong; tavar_u (tavar_i-) to slip, trip, fail, miscarry, prove abortive, be unsuccessful, fail in duty, transgress, sin, stray, lose the way, err, mistake, blunder; n. mistake, error, blunder, failure, fault, delinquency

Malayalam : tappu

Malayalam meaning : blunder, error, mistake, being missing, something missing

Malayalam derivates : tappuka to escape; tappal mistake; tappikka to allow to escape

Kannada : tappu

Kannada meaning : to make a false step, trip, slip, deviate, commit an error, mistake or blunder, be missed, lost, fail to happen, disappear, be passed; n. tripping, slipping, erring, missing, a slip, error, mistake, blunder, an impropriety, fault, misdemeanour

Kannada derivates : tappal stumbling, erring, missing; tappuvike erring, etc., missing; tappisu to cause to miss, cause to pass by or not to fall into, let slip, leave undone, interrupt, do without, deviate, s werve, evade, elude, avoid, escape, run away; tappita fault; tabbarisu to slip, stumble

Kodagu : tapp- (tappi-)

Kodagu meaning : to escape

Kodagu derivates : tappɨ a mistake

Tulu : tappu

Tulu meaning : fault, mistake, offence, crime

Tulu derivates : tappuni to mistake, err, sin, miss, escape, slip, fail; tappāvuni to cause to err, evade, extricate; (B-K) tattụ, tatti missed, failed (participle of tappu)

Proto-Nilgiri : *tap-

Number in DED : 3071

Proto-Nilgiri : *tap-

Meaning : to err; to escape

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : tap- (tapy-) "to make mistake, be lost, escape"

Toda : top- (topy-) "to postpone, fail to come; escape, give slip to"

Additional forms : Also Kota tapc- (tapc-) to make to escape; tap mistake, a fine; tavr- (tavry-) to make mistake, transgress against, omit, be absent; Toda tops- (topsy-) to fail (to do); make to escape; topc- (topč-) to escape; deliver from danger; top a fine; sin

Number in DED : 3071

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *tap-

Meaning : to err; to lie

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Konda : tap- (-t-)

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *tap-

Konda : tap- (-t-)

Meaning: to miss or fail, falter, fail to fulfil one's promise

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 3071

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *tap-

Meaning : lie; false

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : dapa

Kuwi (Schulze) : tappu kīnai "to misdo"

Kuwi (Israel) : tap- (-it-) "to go astray"

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_S tappa hannai to fail; Kuwi_Isr tapu wrong, sin, error

Notes : Kui dapa probably borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 3071

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