ఎలుక

Telugu

ఎలుక.

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Kannada ಇಲಿ (ili), Malayalam എലി (eli), Tamil எலி (eli, “rat”), Tulu ಎಲಿ (eli).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -క

Noun

ఎలుక • (eluka) ? (plural ఎలుకలు)

1. rat

   ఎలుక యేట్లో పోతేనేమి, పులి బోనున పోతేనేమి

   eluka yēṭlō pōtēnēmi, puli bōnuna pōtēnēmi

   What if the rat is carried down the river? What if the tiger is caught in the trap?

Synonyms

• ఎలిక (elika)
• మూషికము (mūṣikamu)

References

• "ఎలుక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 192