నూవు

See also: నూ

Telugu

నూవులు.

Alternative forms

నువు (nuvu), నువ్వు (nuvvu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nū(w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːʋu/

Noun

నూవు • (nūvu) n (plural నూవులు)

1. Seed of Sesamum indicum—sesame seed.

   Synonym: తిలము (tilamu)

Derived terms

• నూనె (nūne, “oil, sesame oil”)

References

• Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “నువ్వు,+నువు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]