ఎక్కువ
Telugu
Alternative forms
- ఎక్క (ekka)
Etymology
Related to ఎక్కు (ekku, “to rise, increase”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ekːuʋa/
Determiner
ఎక్కువ • (ekkuva)
Derived terms
- ఎక్కువతక్కువ (ekkuvatakkuva, “more or less, approximate”)
Noun
ఎక్కువ • (ekkuva) n (plural ఎక్కువలు)
- (uncountable) excess
- greatness, eminence
- particularity, peculiarity
Derived terms
- ఎక్కువలు (ekkuvalu, “news, particularities”)
- వెలయెక్కువ (velayekkuva, “expensiveness, costliness”)
- వెలయెక్కువైన (velayekkuvaina, “expensive, costly”)
Adjective
ఎక్కువ • (ekkuva)
Derived terms
- ఎక్కువగా (ekkuvagā, “greatly”)
- ఎక్కువతక్కువగా (ekkuvatakkuvagā, “more or less, approximately”)
References
- "ఎక్కువ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 182