Telugu etymology : Query result

Proto-Telugu : *prodd-

Meaning : sun, time, day, morning

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : proddu

Dialectal forms (1) : poddu

Additional forms : Also ippuḍu, appuḍu, eppuḍu this, that, what time

Number in DED : 4559

Proto-Telugu : *prō-

Meaning : to nourish, protect, preserve, support

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : prōcu

Additional forms : Also prōdi nourishment; prōpu protection, support; prōpaḍu to be nourished; prāpu support, protection, patronage, refuge

Number in DED : 4283

Proto-Telugu : *prō-

Meaning : heap, collection

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : prōka

Dialectal forms (1) : prōgu

Number in DED : 4591

Proto-Telugu : *prō-

Meaning : to split into filaments, draw out in threads

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : prō̃ju

Dialectal forms (1) : pō̃ju

Dialectal forms (2) : ponju

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : pō̃cu

Additional forms : Also [1] prō̃gu, [2] pō̃gu thread, string, one strand in a cord

Number in DED : 4599

Proto-Telugu : *prōg-

Meaning : earring

Telugu : prō̃gu

Dialectal forms (1) : pō̃gu

Number in DED : 4545

Proto-Telugu : *prōl-

Meaning : city

Telugu : prōlu

Inscriptional Telugu : pṛōl(u)

Number in DED : 4555

Proto-Telugu : *pucc-

Meaning : to send, (K also) abandon, give up, let go, release (as a sigh)

Telugu : puccu

Additional forms : Also puttencu to send, dispatch, forward; puppincu to send

Number in DED : 4138

Proto-Telugu : *pucc-

Meaning : colocynth, bitter apple, Cucumis colocynthis

Telugu : pucca

Number in DED : 4248

Proto-Telugu : *pucc-

Meaning : to pull out, remove (as a thorn or arrow)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : puccu

Number in DED : 4281

Proto-Telugu : *puḍu-k-

Meaning : to pluck off, nip off, squeeze, press

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : puḍuku

Number in DED : 4152

Proto-Telugu : *puḍuk-

Meaning : to pick up, handle, take with the five fingers, give in small quantities, pinch, feel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : puḍuku

Dialectal forms (1) : puṇuku

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : puḍikili "holding, taking, handful"

Additional forms : Also puṇikirincu to give in small quantities or insufficiently, handle, finger, feel; puḍisili handful; puḍisilincu to hold in the hollowed palm

Number in DED : 4251

Proto-Telugu : *Pukk-

Meaning : inside of the cheek

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : pukkili

Additional forms : Also pukkẽḍu mouthful; bukkẽḍu a mouthful, as of any liquid; bukka inside or hollow of the mouth, mouthful; bugga cheek, inside of the cheek

Number in DED : 4242

Proto-Telugu : *pukkil-

Meaning : to gargle, rinse the mouth

Telugu : pukkilincu

Number in DED : 4241

Proto-Telugu : *pul

Meaning : little, small

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : pullu

Number in DED : 4301

Proto-Telugu : *pul-

Meaning : the timber tree Terminalia paniculata

Telugu : pula-maddi (DCV)

Dialectal forms (1) : puligi (DCV)

Number in DED : 4306

Proto-Telugu : *pul-

Meaning : tiger

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : puli

Dialectal forms (1) : pedda puli

Dialectal forms (2) : bebbuli

Additional forms : Also cir_uta puli leopard, cheetah

Number in DED : 4307

Proto-Telugu : *pul-

Meaning : yellowish

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : pula

Additional forms : Also pulla brown, tawny

Number in DED : 4310

Proto-Telugu : *pul-

Meaning : bird

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : pulũgu

Number in DED : 4319

Proto-Telugu : *pul-

Meaning : sour, acid

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : puli

Additional forms : Also puliyu to become sour, ferment; pulusu, (K also) pulupu acidity, sourness, juice of tamarinds; sour, acid; pulupa an acid dish made of various edible roots; [1] pulla, [2] pullana sourness, acidity; pullani sour, acid; (VPK; Telangana dial.) [1] puṇḍi (kūra), [2] puṇṭi (kūra) sorrel (a sour vegetable)

Number in DED : 4322

Proto-Telugu : *pul-

Meaning : blemish or flaw (as in precious stone)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : pulu

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : pulli-āku (pullāēku), pullɨ vistari "a leaf on which one has eaten food (lit. uncleanness leaf-plate)"

Additional forms : Also [1] pullayya, [2] pullamma (apotropaic proper names)

Number in DED : 4547