రేపు
Telugu edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil ஏறு (ēṟu, “to scale, rise, increase”), with semantic shift "rise" > "morning (sunrise)".
Alternative forms edit
- ఱేపు (ṟēpu)
Adverb edit
రేపు • (rēpu)
Noun edit
రేపు • (rēpu) ? (plural రేపులు)
Etymology 2 edit
Causal form of రేగు (rēgu, “to rise”), ultimately from the same root as Etymology 1.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
రేపు • (rēpu)
References edit
- "రేపు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1094
- "రేపు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 457
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.