Proto-Telugu : *ari
Meaning : tax, tribute
Telugu : ari
Additional forms : Also aruvu to pay as taxes; n. a loan of grain, etc., purchase or sale on credit; accu to be in debt, owe, incur or suffer loss; accu-konu to pay, pay what one is not bound to pay; accu-dala debt; accika deficiency, want, defect; appu loan
Notes : Tel. ari and aruvu are the old forms; accu and its derivatives are most probably borrowings from Kannad̀£a.
Number in DED : 216
