వేసుకొను

Telugu

Etymology

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Particularly: “వేషము (vēṣamu, “dress”) +‎ కొను (konu, “to take, buy”), with an alveolarization of the retroflex ṣ sound?”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋeːsukonu/

Verb

వేసుకొను • (vēsukonu)

to place or put (something) for oneself
to put on, wear (clothes made to measure, shoes, jewelry, etc.)
to arrange a vehicle for traveling
to collect, accumulate
to eat, consume
(colloquial) to drink liquor

References

"వేసుకొను" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 504