Proto-Telugu : *bir_-
Meaning : hard, stiff; hardness, stiffness
Telugu : bir_usu
Dialectal forms (1) : birusu
Additional forms : Also bir_r_a tightness; bir_r_u id., tension, hardness, stiffness, strictness, sternness, inflexibility; tight, hard, stiff, stern, inflexible; (K also) vb. to become stiff (as hair); [1] vir_ugu, [2] virugu to curdle
Number in DED : 5439