Proto-Telugu : *pen-
Meaning : to nourish, nurture, foster, support, rear, fatten, increase, extend
Telugu : penucu
Dialectal forms (1) : pencu
Additional forms : Also [1] penupu, [2] pempu nourishing, fostering, rearing, increase, enlargement; pempakamu adoption of a child, rearing; pempuḍu adopted; tame, domesticated
Number in DED : 4436