పులి
Telugu edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *puli (“tiger”). Cognates with Tamil புலி (puli), Kannada ಪುಲಿ (puli), or ಹುಲಿ (huli), Tulu ಪಿಲಿ (pili), Malayalam പുലി (puli).
Noun edit
పులి • (puli) ? (plural పులులు)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Dravidian *puḷ (“sour”). Cognate with Tamil புளி (puḷi), Kannada ಪುಳಿ (puḷi), or ಹುಳಿ (huḷi), Tulu ಪುಳಿ (puḷi), or ಪುಲಿ (puli), Malayalam പുളി (puḷi).
Adjective edit
పులి • (puli)
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References edit
- "పులి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 773