Telugu

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tē- (to be full, satiated; to belch).

Verb

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తేపు (tēpu)

  1. to belch

Noun

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తేపు (tēpun (plural తేపులు)

  1. a belch

References

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  • Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Historical phonology: vowels”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 103
  • [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
  • [2] in A Telugu-English Dictionary by Charles Philip Brown