వెలియు

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil வெள் (veḷ, “white, pure, shining, bright”), Malayalam വെളി (veḷi, “light, clearness”), Kannada ಬೆಳ್ (beḷ, “whiteness, brightness”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʋeliju/

Verb edit

వెలియు • (veliyu)

(of rain) to stop or cease, clear up, pass off, go off
(as color) to fade

References edit

"వెలియు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 500
"వెలియు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1215

^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 5496, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.

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