Telugu etymology : Query result

Proto-Telugu : *cal-

Meaning : washing, bleaching, a washed or bleached cloth

Telugu : caluva

Number in DED : 2368

Proto-Telugu : *cal-

Meaning : a sort of black ant

Telugu : cali cīma

Number in DED : 2372

Proto-Telugu : *cal-

Meaning : cold, low temperature, sensation of cold, chilliness

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cali

Additional forms : Also [1] calimiri, [2] caluva, [3] callana, [4] callãdamu coolness, cold; calla cool, cold; callãgā̆ in a cool or cold manner, calmly, gently; calidi rice cooked in the evening and kept for use in the following morning, stale food, breakfast

Number in DED : 2408

Proto-Telugu : *call-

Meaning : to sprinkle, scatter, strew, spread, cast or throw loosely, sow

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : callu

Additional forms : Also callakamu sprinkling, watering, irrigation

Number in DED : 2384

Proto-Telugu : *call-

Meaning : curds or curdled milk, buttermilk

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : calla

Number in DED : 2411

Proto-Telugu : *callaḍa-m

Meaning : short trousers reaching only to the knee or the middle of the thigh

Telugu : callā̆ḍamu

Dialectal forms (1) : ceḍḍi

Number in DED : 2379

Proto-Telugu : *cam-

Meaning : to die, perish, be destroyed

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : samayu

Additional forms : Also samayincu to kill, destroy; camaru to kill

Notes : The s- forms seem to be Kannada borrowings; camaru should be considered primary.

Number in DED : 2343

Proto-Telugu : *can-

Meaning : cold water

Telugu : cannīḷḷu

Number in DED : 3045

Proto-Telugu : *canc-

Meaning : a certain savage tribe; a man of this tribe

Telugu : cencu

Dialectal forms (1) : cancūḍu

Additional forms : Also fem. cenceta

Number in DED : 2291

Proto-Telugu : *canpaK-

Meaning : campaka flower

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : sampẽga

Dialectal forms (1) : campakamu (c, not ts)

Dialectal forms (2) : canupakamu (B also; c = ts)

Notes : Forms with c- are borrowed from Skt. (especially since c- is pronounced as č and not ts).

Number in DED : 2321

Proto-Telugu : *capp-

Meaning : flat, not projecting

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cappi

Additional forms : Also cappiḍi flat, not projecting, snub

Number in DED : 2331

Proto-Telugu : *capp-

Meaning : a sound, a noise

Telugu : cappuḍu

Additional forms : Also cappuḍincu to make a noise

Number in DED : 2333

Proto-Telugu : *capp-

Meaning : to smack, suck with a noise

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : capparincu

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : cappu "to smack, suck, smack with noise"

Number in DED : 2334

Proto-Telugu : *capp-

Meaning : a slap of the hand, the hand held with fingers fully extended, the flat of the hand

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cappaṭa

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : capparincu "to pat, stroke with the hand"

Additional forms : Also cappaṭincu to clap, slap; cappaṭlu (pl.) clapping of the hands; [1] camaru, [2] camuru to slap with the open hand

Number in DED : 2335

Proto-Telugu : *capp-

Meaning : quickly, at once, promptly

Telugu : cappuna

Number in DED : 2336

Proto-Telugu : *capp-

Meaning : tasteless, insipid, vapid, flat, dull

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cappa

Additional forms : Also cappãgā tastelessly, insipidly; cappana tastelessness, insipidity; cappani tasteless, insipid, flat, dull; cappiḍi insipid, tasteless, saltless

Number in DED : 2337

Proto-Telugu : *capp-

Meaning : a wedge, a spar of wood placed for the wheels of a car to pass over in a sandy road

Telugu : cappa (B)

Number in DED : 2340

Proto-Telugu : *car-

Meaning : starch; paste or gruel used as paste

Telugu : cari (B)

Dialectal forms (1) : sari (B)

Number in DED : 2418

Proto-Telugu : *car_-

Meaning : to slap or strike with the open hand or with something broad, clap, pat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : car_acu

Additional forms : Also car_apu a slap or clap with the open hand

Number in DED : 2421

Proto-Telugu : *caṭṭ-

Meaning : soon, without delay, promptly

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : caṭṭana

Number in DED : 2295