Telugu etymology : Query result

Proto-Telugu : *nus-

Meaning : to shrink, withdraw, hide oneself, tell a lie; n. shrinking one's limbs, hiding

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : nusulu

Additional forms : Also (K) nusalu to evade, lie; (K) nusũgu to slink, slide away, escape

Number in DED : 3714

Proto-Telugu : *nus-

Meaning : small, little, slight; the dust into which wood is reduced by insects

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : nusi

Additional forms : Also nusũgu to slight, scorn; nū̃gu down, downiness, hairiness

Number in DED : 3779

Proto-Telugu : *nuv-

Meaning : gingily seed

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : nūvu

Dialectal forms (1) : nuvu

Dialectal forms (2) : nuvvu

Additional forms : Also [1] nūne, [2] nūniya oil; nū̃-biṇḍi flour of gingili seeds; (VPK) nūgulu = nuvvulu

Number in DED : 3720

Proto-Telugu : *nūl-

Meaning : cotton thread

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : nūlu

Additional forms : Also nulaka a rough kind of rope or string; nuli entanglement in a thread; nuliyu to be twisted; [1] nulincu, [2] nulucu, [3] nulcu, [4] nulupu, [5] nulpu, [6] nulumu to twist; nulivu a twist

Number in DED : 3726

Proto-Telugu : *nūr_-

Meaning : to grind, sharpen, whet

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : nūr_u

Additional forms : Also [1] nūr_ucu, [2] nūrcu to thresh (as corn); [1] nūr_upu, [2] nūrpu, [3] nur_upu, [4] nur_ucu threshing; [1] nur_upu, [2] nur_ucu to thrash, kill; n. thrashing, threshing; nur_umu to powder, destroy; n. powder, what is ground; nuggu to pound, reduce to powder; be powdered; n. bits, fragments, powder; nūka coarse flour, grits; nūca powder

Number in DED : 3728

Proto-Telugu : *oḍ-

Meaning : to consent, agree

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : oḍam-baḍu

Dialectal forms (1) : oḍã-baḍu

Additional forms : Also [1] oḍam-baḍika, [2] oḍã-baḍika agreement, consent, treaty; [1] oḍam-bar_acu, [2] oḍã-bar_acu to persuade; oḍã-bāṭu consent, assent

Number in DED : 945

Proto-Telugu : *oḍ-

Meaning : breach, opening

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : oḍapi

Additional forms : Also oḍiyu to take by force, snatch; oḍucu to defeat, overthrow, (K also) to take away by force; ōḍu to be defeated; n. defeat; crack, chink, hole; ōḍincu to defeat; ōṭu defeat, overthrow; ōṭi cracked, broken, leaky; [1] ōṭami, [2] ōṭamu defeat, failure; [1] ōṭar_u, [2] ōṭār_u to be split, broken, be ruined, defeated (or with 1041)

Number in DED : 946

Proto-Telugu : *oḍ-

Meaning : lap (part of body and of the clothing), front loose part of a garment which can be held out for receiving anything, (B) lap, loins

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : oḍi

Additional forms : Also oḍi-kaṭṭu girdle

Number in DED : 947

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