Proto-Telugu : *mod-
Meaning : beginning, commencement, origin, source, principal, capital, the chief or principal thing or person, base, basis, foundation
Telugu : modalu
Additional forms : Also moṭṭa-modalu the very beginning; moṭṭa-modaṭa(n) at the very beginning; modaṭa(n) at first, in the beginning; modaṭi first, earliest, foremost, former, earlier, prior, original, primary, chief, principal
Number in DED : 4950
