దువ్వు

See also: దవ్వు, దవ్వ, and దివ్వె

Telugu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duʋːu/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಊಡು (ūḍu, “to smear, anoint”).[1]

Verb

దువ్వు • (duvvu)

  1. to stroke, finger, or handle
  2. to pat
  3. to cajole

Etymology 2

Verb

దువ్వు • (duvvu)

  1. to comb, run the fingers through the hair
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤iyuka”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤u”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.