గూడు
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- గూఁడు (gūn̆ḍu)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kūṭu (“nest”). Cognate with Tamil கூடு (kūṭu), Malayalam കൂട് (kūṭŭ), Kannada ಗೂಡು (gūḍu), Pengo ଗୁଡା (guḍa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
గూడు • (gūḍu) ? (plural గూళ్ళు)
- a nest
- a niche or recess in a wall (for a light), pigeonhole
- hood (of a cart, rickshaw)
- a case, cage
- a storage basket
- a storeroom
- the socket of the shoulder joint or hip joint
Derived terms edit
- ఎముకల గూడు (emukala gūḍu)
- గూడుకట్టు (gūḍukaṭṭu)
- గూడుకానుపు (gūḍukānupu)
- గూడుబండి (gūḍubaṇḍi)
- పాచికగూడు (pācikagūḍu)
- పిట్టగూడు (piṭṭagūḍu)
References edit
- "గూడు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 168
- "గూడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 383
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172.