ఊరుకొను

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “ఊరు (ūru) +‎ కొను (konu) (is ఊరు here taken in the "to ooze, swell" or "village" meaning? or some other specific usage?)”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /uːɾukonu/

Verb edit

ఊరుకొను • (ūrukonu)

to be still or quiet, be silent, keep silence
to be calm

References edit

"ఊరుకొను" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 81
"ఊరుకొను" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 176