త్రిప్పు
Telugu
editAlternative forms
edit- తిప్పు (tippu)
Etymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with తిరి (tiri), Tamil திரி (tiri, “to twist or turn”), Malayalam തിരി (tiri), and Kannada ತಿರಿ (tiri).[1]
Verb
editత్రిప్పు • (trippu)
- to turn, to cause to turn
- to reel, feel giddy
- (of illness) to be checked
- to turn round, turn back
- to brandish, wield, whirl, twirl
- to lead about, lead round
- to wind (a watch), coil (a rope)
- to reverse, revoke (an order)
- to steer or command (a ship)
Synonyms
edit- త్రిప్పు (trippu)
Noun
editత్రిప్పు • (trippu) ? (plural త్రిప్పులు)
References
edit- "త్రిప్పు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 236
- "తిప్పు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 528
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3246”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282.