దువ్వు

See also: దవ్వు, దవ్వ, and దివ్వె

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duʋːu/
Rhymes: -వ్వు

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಊಡು (ūḍu, “to smear, anoint”).^[1]

Verb

దువ్వు • (duvvu)

to stroke, finger, or handle
to pat
to cajole

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with Tamil [script needed] (ur̤u, “arrange or adjust (as hair with the fingers)”). Burrow considers this different from Etymology 1, but they seem very similar.^[2]”

Verb

దువ్వు • (duvvu)

to comb, run the fingers through the hair

Derived terms

దువ్వెన (duvvena)

References

"దువ్వు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 0603
"దువ్వు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 268

^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤iyuka”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.
^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤u”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.

[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤iyuka”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.

[2] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤u”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.

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