కొమ్ము
Kolami
Noun
కొమ్ము (kommu)
Telugu
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ಕೊಂಬು (kombu), Malayalam കൊമ്പ് (kompŭ), Tamil கொம்பு (kompu), Tulu ಕೊಂಬು (kombu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komːu/
Noun
కొమ్ము • (kommu) ? (plural కొమ్ములు)
- horn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals)
- a bugle or trumpet
- a tusk
- imperative of కొను (konu) to take
- the name of the sign of the ఉ (u) which is added to a consonant
Synonyms
- శృంగము (śr̥ṅgamu)
References
- "కొమ్ము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 320