దుమ్ము

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪umːu/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma). Doublet of ధూమము (dhūmamu).

Noun

దుమ్ము • (dummu) n (plural only)

dust
Synonym: ధూళి (dhūḷi)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Konda-Dora [script needed] (ḍumu, “bone”).^[1]

Noun

దుమ్ము • (dummu) n (plural దుమ్ములు)

(particularly North Andhra) bone
Synonyms: ఎముక (emuka), బొక్క (bokka), అస్థి (asthi)

Derived terms

దుమ్ములగొండి (dummulagoṇḍi, “hyena”)

References

"దుమ్ము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 602
దుమ్ము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2965”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257.

[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2965”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257.

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