లేచు

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with రేపు (rēpu, “morning”), Tamil ஏறு (ēṟu, “to scale, rise”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leːt͡ɕu/, [leːt͡ʃu]

Verb

లేచు • (lēcu) (causal లేపు)

1. To rise, get up, arise, stand up
2. To rise from sleep

References

• "లేచు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 465
• "లేచు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1115
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.