Old Telugu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nū-ney.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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నూనియ (nūniya)

  1. oil

Descendants

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  • Telugu: నూనె (nūne)

References

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  • నూనియ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
  • Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “నూనియ”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 366.