Telugu etymology : Query result

Proto-Telugu : *vī-

Meaning : to blow as the wind; wave (tr.), (K also) fling, throw with a sweep, fan

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vīcu

Additional forms : Also vī-tencu to blow as the wind; vīcōpu chowrie; vīvana fan, whisk; vīvali wind; visana-kar_r_a fan; [1] visaru, [2] visuru to throw, fling, cast, hurl, wave, swing, shake, flourish, brandish, whisk, turn as a mill, grind as in a mill, blow as the wind, spread as scent; n. waving, throwing, blowing, spreading; vesa quickness; vesa(n), (K) vē quickly; ? bisa a spring, a catch; bisabisa quickness; bisi tension, elasticity

Number in DED : 5450

Proto-Telugu : *vīl-

Meaning : to be separated, leave

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : vīlu

Number in DED : 5423

Proto-Telugu : *vīŋ-

Meaning : to erect, protrude; endeavour, (K also) be swollen with pride, be vain

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vī̃gu

Additional forms : Also vī̃ka valour, courage, enthusiasm, pride; vīku courage, valour; pride; vikku to swell with pride, stretch out

Number in DED : 5448

Proto-Telugu : *vīp-

Meaning : the back

Telugu : vī̃pu

Number in DED : 5455

Proto-Telugu : *vīr-

Meaning : these persons

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vīru (obl. vīri-)

Dialectal forms (1) : vīnḍlu

Number in DED : 410

Proto-Telugu : *vīraṇ-

Meaning : a double drum

Telugu : vīrā̆ṇamu

Number in DED : 5456

Proto-Telugu : *vīs-am

Meaning : a sixteenth part

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vīsamu

Number in DED : 5449

Proto-Telugu : *vīṭ-

Meaning : ravage, plunder

Telugu : vīṭi

Additional forms : Also vīṭĩ-buccu to spoil, ruin, lose; baffle, disappoint; viṭĩ-bōvu to become useless, vain or unprofitable

Number in DED : 5452

Proto-Telugu : *vṛ-acc-

Meaning : to efface (the writing in inscriptions), destroy (a grant)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : vraccu

Inscriptional Telugu : vṛaccu

Additional forms : Also (K) baḍiyu to sweep away the influence of evil spirits on a person

Number in DED : 5295

Proto-Telugu : *v(r)ant-

Meaning : rivulet

Telugu : vanta

Additional forms : Also vranti river, pit

Number in DED : 5250

Proto-Telugu : *vrā-

Meaning : to write, inscribe, compose, draw, paint, delineate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vrāyu

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : rāyu, rāsu

Additional forms : Also (K) rāśi gerund, having marked (boundaries) (inscr. A.D. 1310); vrā̃ta writing, handwriting; vrā̃takā̃ḍu writer, clerk; vrāyasamu writing, letter, note; rāyasamu clerkship; vrāyi letter of the alphabet, writing, line; vrāyincu to cause to be written; vrālu writing, handwriting; varuju to draw or mark a line with a sharp instrument on a plank, etc.; (K) variyu to test metal on the touchstone

Number in DED : 5263

Proto-Telugu : *vrāl-

Meaning : to hang, be suspended, droop

Telugu : vrālu

Dialectal forms (1) : vālu

Additional forms : Also [1] vrālucu, [2] vālucu to hang (tr.), suspend; [1] vrēlu, [2] vēlu to hand, be suspended, be pendulous, droop; [1] vrēlucu, [2] vrēlcu to hang (tr.), suspend

Number in DED : 5495

Proto-Telugu : *vrēl-

Meaning : finger, toe; inch

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vrēlu

Dialectal forms (1) : vēlu

Number in DED : 5409

Proto-Telugu : *zōm-

Meaning : swoon, fainting, faintness, torpidity

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : somma

Additional forms : Also sōma fatigue; [1] sōmari, [2] sōmāri an idle person, idler, sluggard; (B) jōmu torpidity, stupefaction or silliness with pride

Notes : Two roots?

Number in DED : 2882

Proto-Telugu : *ʒakk- (*ǯ-)

Meaning : jeering, quizzing

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : jakkalimpu (B)

Number in DED : 2269

Proto-Telugu : *ʒaŋ-

Meaning : a stride

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : jaŋga

Dialectal forms (1) : aŋga

Number in DED : 2286

Proto-Telugu : *ǯabb-

Meaning : shoulder, outer side of the thigh

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : jabba

Number in DED : 2339

Proto-Telugu : *ǯabb- (*ʒ-)

Meaning : illness, sickness, indisposition, weakness, backwardness, poorness, slowness, sluggishness; week, poor, bad, no good, inferior, defective, meagre, shabby, slow, sluggish, flat, dull

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : jabbu

Number in DED : 2338

Proto-Telugu : *ǯaḍ-

Meaning : to beat, hit

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : jaḍiyu "to beat, hit"

Number in DED : 2300

Proto-Telugu : *ǯaḍḍ-

Meaning : a compound consonant; (B also) near, close by, connected with

Telugu : jaḍḍa

Additional forms : Also daṇḍa nearness, proximity, side

Number in DED : 2313