హనువు

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit हनु (hanu, jaw) +‎ -వు (-vu).

Noun

హనువు • (hanuvu? (plural హనువులు)

  1. mandible
  2. the jaw, the upper part of the cheek

References

"హనువు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1382