కాచు
Telugu edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Causative of కాగు (kāgu, “to boil, heat, warm”). Cognate with Malayalam കാച്ചുക (kāccuka).
Verb edit
కాచు • (kācu)
Etymology 2 edit
From కాయ (kāya).
Verb edit
కాచు • (kācu)
- To bear fruit.
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kā- (“to protect, save, cherish”). Cognate with Kannada ಕಾ (kā), Malayalam കാക്കുക (kākkuka).
Verb edit
కాచు • (kācu)
Derived terms edit
- కాపు (kāpu, “keeping, protection, defence”)
References edit
- Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “కాచు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]