పోయు

See also: పాయ and పూయు

Telugu

Etymology

Related to Telugu పోత (pōta, “pouring or casting in metal”). Cognate with Tamil பெய், பெவ், பெத் (pey, pev, pet, “to rain, falling of dew or hail, to pour down”), Tamil பெயல் (peyal, “rain shower, raindrop, cloud”), Tamil பெயலை (peyalai, “rain”), Tamil புயல், புசல் (puyal, pucal, “cloud, water, raining, storm”), Tamil பொசி, பொவி, பொந்தி (poci, povi, ponti, “to ooze, percolate, or flow”), Kannada ಪೊಯ್ (poy, “to pour, cast (metal), pouring”), Kannada ಪುಯ್ (puy, “to pour or cast (metal).”), Kannada ಪೋಚಲ್ (pōcal, “pouring water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poːju/

Verb

పోయు • (pōyu)

1. to pour as water
2. to cast in metal
3. (intransitive) forming of sweat or pus

References

• "పోయు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 819