సాపాటు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Tamil சாப்பாடு (cāppāṭu), Malayalam ശാപ്പാട് (śāppāṭŭ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
సాపాటు • (sāpāṭu) ? (plural సాపాట్లు)
- meal, food
- 1981, “Sapatu Yetu Ledu”, in Acharya Aatreya (lyrics), M. S. Viswanathan (music), Akali Rajyam, performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam:
- సాపాటు ఎటూ లేదు పాటైనా పాడు బ్రదర్
- sāpāṭu eṭū lēdu pāṭainā pāḍu bradar
- Sing this song brother, there's no food anyway
Derived terms edit
- సాపాటురాముడు (sāpāṭurāmuḍu, “glutton”)
References edit
- "సాపడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1330
- సాపాటు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)