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విరుగు

See also: వర్గం

Telugu

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ʋiɾuɡu/

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil விரி (viri, “to expand, spread out”), Kannada ಬಿರಿ (biri, “to burst open”).[1]

Verb

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విరుగు • (virugu)

  1. to break, go to pieces
  2. to fail, to be defeated
  3. to be counteracted
    ఈ మందువల్ల విషము విరిగిపోయినది.
    ī manduvalla viṣamu virigipōyinadi.
    This medicine counteracted the poison.

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with బిరుసు (birusu, “hard, stiff”), Tamil விற (viṟa​, “to be dense”), Malayalam വിറക്ക (viṟakka​, “to become stiff as from cold”), Kannada ಬಿಱು (biṟu, “hardness, firmness”).[2]

Verb

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విరుగు • (virugu)

  1. to curdle
    పాలు విరిగిపోయినవి.
    pālu virigipōyinavi.
    The milk curdled.

References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viri”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viṟa”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 494.
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