మొలచు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• మొలుచు (molucu)
• మొల్చు (molcu)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil முளை (muḷai), Malayalam മുളയ്ക്കുക (muḷaykkuka), Kannada ಮೊಳೆ (moḷe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /molat͡ɕu/, [molat͡ʃu]

Verb

మొలచు • (molacu) (causal మొలిపించు)

1. To sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow.

   Synonyms: మొలకెత్తు (molakettu), అంకురించు (aṅkuriñcu)

2. To rise, appear (as a star).

Derived terms

• మొలక (molaka, “germ, sprout”)

 

References

• "మొలచు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1048
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “muḷai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 450.