పొంగు

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ponku. Cognate with Tamil பொங்கு (poṅku, “to boil over, bubble up”), பொங்கல் (poṅkal, “pongal”), Kannada ಪೊಙ್ಗು (poṅgu, “to boil over”).

IPA^(key): /poŋɡu/

పొంగు • (poṅgu) (causal పొంగించు)

1. to effervesce; to boil or bubble up, overflow, boil over
2. to surge, swell
3. to foment
4. (of a river) to be in full spate
5. to exult, to be overjoyed, elated, thrilled, to be in ecstasy
6. to become proud

• ఉప్పొంగు (uppoṅgu)
• పొంగుట (poṅguṭa, “swelling”)

పొంగు • (poṅgu) ? (plural పొంగులు)

1. effervescence, boiling or bubbling up, overflowing
2. eruption of the measles; chicken pox
3. (dialectal) a cheap kind of cake

• "పొంగు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 353
• "పొంగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 805
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4469”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 395.