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