అన్నమాట

Telugu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anːamaːʈa/

Particle

అన్నమాట • (annamāṭa)

1. tag particle indicating that the speaker is confident of what he or she is saying, roughly equivalent to: "I am telling you", "it is a fact that", "so", "then"

Derived terms

• సెలవిచ్చు (selaviccu, “to order, command”)
• సెలవుకాడు (selavukāḍu, “a prodigal, a spendthrift”)
• సెలవుచేయు (selavucēyu, “(Madras) to spend, expend”)

 

References

• "అన్నమాట" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 24