చేమ

Telugu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *keyampu (“Arum colocasia, yam”).

Noun

చేమ • (cēma) n (plural చేమ)

1. taro (Colocasia esculenta, a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms)

References

• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6
• [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau