విరుగు
See also: వర్గం
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- విఱుగు (viṟugu)
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -గు
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil விரி (viri, “to expand, spread out”), Kannada ಬಿರಿ (biri, “to burst open”).[1]
Verb edit
విరుగు • (virugu)
- to break, go to pieces
- to fail, to be defeated
- to be counteracted
- ఈ మందువల్ల విషము విరిగిపోయినది.
- ī manduvalla viṣamu virigipōyinadi.
- This medicine counteracted the poison.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with బిరుసు (birusu, “hard, stiff”), Tamil விற (viṟa, “to be dense”), Malayalam വിറക്ക (viṟakka, “to become stiff as from cold”), Kannada ಬಿಱು (biṟu, “hardness, firmness”).[2]
Verb edit
విరుగు • (virugu)
- to curdle
- పాలు విరిగిపోయినవి.
- pālu virigipōyinavi.
- The milk curdled.
References edit
- "విరుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1193
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viri”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viṟa”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 494.