కాను
Telugu edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Tamil காண் (kāṇ). Related to కన్ను (kannu, “eye”).
Alternative forms edit
కను (kanu)
Verb edit
కాను • (kānu) (causal కానిపించు)
- To see, perceive, observe.
- Synonym: చూడు (cūḍu)
- To enjoy.
- To know, understand.
- Synonym: ఎరుగు (erugu)
Derived terms edit
- కానుక (kānuka, “gift, offering, courtesy”)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
కాను • (kānu) n (singular only)
- (uncountable) Thick buttermilk.
Derived terms edit
- కానుమజ్జిగ (kānumajjiga, “thick buttermilk”)
References edit
- "కాను" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 271