గీయు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கீறு (kīṟu, “to scratch”), Malayalam കീറുക (kīṟuka, “to scratch”)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
గీయు • (gīyu)
- to draw, trace (a line)
- to scratch, scrape
- to sketch (a picture)
- to strip off leaves
- to tap (toddy from a palm tree by cutting lines in it)
- to shave
- to strike (a match
- అగ్గిపుల్ల గీయు ― aggipulla gīyu ― to strike a match
References edit
- "గీయు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 162
- "గీయు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 370
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kīṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146.