ତାମ୍ବେଲି

Kuvi

Etymology

Cognate with Kui (India) ସେମ୍ବି (sembi, “tortoise”), Kannada ಆಮೆ (āme, “tortoise”), Tamil ஆமை (āmai, “tortoise”), Telugu తాబేలు (tābēlu, “tortoise”), Tulu ಏಮೆ (ēmè, “tortoise”) and Malayalam ആമ (āma, “tortoise”). Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *cām-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪aːmbeːli/

Noun

ତାମ୍ବେଲି (tāmbēli)

  1. tortoise

References

^ Reddy, B. Ramakrishna (1995), “ତାମ୍ବେଲି”, in Kuvi-Oriya-English Dictionary (in Kuvi), 1st edition, Mysuru: Central Institute of Indian Languages

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