Telugu edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ɡaʈːi/

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கெட்டி (keṭṭi, cleverness, skill), Malayalam കട്ടിയമ് (kaṭṭiyamŭ, id).[1]

Adjective edit

గట్టి (gaṭṭi)

  1. (of cloth) not torn, in good repair
  2. able, clever, expert
  3. brave, courageous, resolute, smart, fine

Etymology 2 edit

Cognate with కట్టు (kaṭṭu, to gather, collect, become hard), Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, to harden, congeal), Malayalam കട്ട (kaṭṭa​, lump, mass, clod), Kannada ಕಟ್ಟು (kaṭṭu, to gather (as a boil, secretion, or lump)).[2]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Although Burrow separates this from Etymology 1, it certainly seems like it could be related, as the semantics are not too far.”

Adjective edit

గట్టి (gaṭṭi)

  1. hard, firm, rigid, strong, substantial
  2. tight
  3. strict
  4. loud
  5. difficult

References edit

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1144, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1148, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page page-108.