Telugu etymology : Query result

Proto-Telugu : *kāj-

Meaning : to bear or produce (as fruit); be produced (as fruit), be fruitful

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kācu

Additional forms : Also kāyu to bear fruit; kāya a green unripe fruit, berry, pod, nut; kāpu bearing or producing fruit, fruit, crop

Notes : Tel. kācu < *kāj-cu.

Number in DED : 1459

Proto-Telugu : *kāj-

Meaning : wart, pimple, corn, callosity

Telugu : kāya

Number in DED : 1460

Proto-Telugu : *kāj-

Meaning : a piece or man in any game

Telugu : kāya

Number in DED : 1461

Proto-Telugu : *kāk-

Meaning : a bivalve shell

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kāki cippa

Number in DED : 1423

Proto-Telugu : *kāk-

Meaning : fatigue; contempt; adj. vain, empty, useless

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kāku

Number in DED : 1424

Proto-Telugu : *kāk-/*kāv-

Meaning : crow

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kāki

Additional forms : Also kāvu caw, cawing

Number in DED : 1425

Proto-Telugu : *kāl-

Meaning : leg, foot, quarter

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kālu

Additional forms : Also kālari foot-soldier

Number in DED : 1479

Proto-Telugu : *kāl-

Meaning : canal, channel, gutter, drain, sewer

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kālava

Dialectal forms (1) : kāluva

Number in DED : 1480

Proto-Telugu : *kāḷ-

Meaning : spittoon

Telugu : kāḷā̆nji

Number in DED : 1498

Proto-Telugu : *kāl-

Meaning : to burn, be burnt, scalded, scorched, baked

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kālu

Additional forms : Also kālupu burning, setting on fire, baking, roasting; kālcu to burn (tr.), set fire to, scald, singe, scorch, char, bake

Number in DED : 1500

Proto-Telugu : *kālēj- (?)

Meaning : liver

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kālēyamu

Proto-Telugu : *kām-

Meaning : stem, stalk, stick, handle (of axe, hoe, umbrella, etc.), shaft

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kāma

Number in DED : 1454

Proto-Telugu : *kāmp-

Meaning : a cultivator, farmer; pertaining to the farmer, rustic

Telugu : kā̃pu

Additional forms : Also [1] kā̃pata, [2] kā̃pudi a peasant woman; kā̃pũdanamu the peasantry; kā̃puramu dwelling, residence, abode, domicile

Number in DED : 1456

Proto-Telugu : *kān-

Meaning : forest

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kāna

Number in DED : 1418

Proto-Telugu : *kān-

Meaning : to see

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kanu (allomorph kān-)

Dialectal forms (1) : kāncu

Additional forms : Also kānupu seeing, sight; kānipincu to appear, seem; show; kānuka gift offered to a superior, present, tribute; kaṇṭãbaḍu to appear, be seen, come in view; kanukali seeing, sight

Number in DED : 1443

Proto-Telugu : *kāṇ-

Meaning : one sixty-fourth part; a quarter of an anna; a cawny of land

Telugu : kāni

Dialectal forms (1) : kāṇi

Number in DED : 1444

Proto-Telugu : *kā(ṇ)ḍ-

Meaning : to enter, penetrate, pierce

Telugu : kā̃ḍu

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : kā̃ḍu "to pierce through (as arrows)"

Number in DED : 1178

Proto-Telugu : *kā(n)k-

Meaning : the creeping plant Momordica charantia

Telugu : kā̃kara

Number in DED : 1427

Proto-Telugu : *kār-

Meaning : black, dark colour; season, time of year

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kāru

Number in DED : 1278

Proto-Telugu : *kār-

Meaning : saltness; salt, brackish

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kāru

Additional forms : Also kāramu pungency; pungent, acrid, caustic

Number in DED : 1466