పలుకు

See also: పలక and పోలిక

Telugu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with పనుచు (panucu, “to send, command”), Tamil பணி (paṇi, “to speak, say”), Malayalam പണിക്ക (paṇikka​, “to speak”), Kannada ಪನವು (panavu, “place appointed for meeting”).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paluku/

Verb

పలుకు • (paluku)

  1. To speak.
  2. To sound, ring.

Derived terms

  • పలుకుబడి (palukubaḍi, “pronunciation, influence”)
  • పలుకురాయి (palukurāyi, “ringing stone, echoing rock”)

Noun

పలుకు • (paluku) n (plural పలుకులు)

  1. speaking
  2. utterance, expression, a thing said
    Synonyms: మాట (māṭa), నుడి (nuḍi)
  3. word
    Synonyms: మాట (māṭa), నుడి (nuḍi)
  4. language
    Synonyms: నుడి (nuḍi), భాష (bhāṣa)
  5. bit, piece
    Synonyms: ముక్క (mukka), వ్రక్క (vrakka), తునక (tunaka), పరియ (pariya), ఖండము (khaṇḍamu)

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3887”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 347.
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