కురియు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably related to కూలు (kūlu, “to fall down, sink”), Kannada ಕೂಲು (kūlu, “to fall down, be ruined”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
కురియు • (kuriyu) (causal కురిపించు)
- to rain, shower, fall like rain or dew
- Synonym: వర్షించు (varṣiñcu)
- వాన కురియుచున్నది.
- vāna kuriyucunnadi.
- It is raining.
- to leak
References edit
- "కురియు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 133
- "కురియు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 297
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1907, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174.