దువ్వు

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Telugu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಊಡು (ūḍu, to smear, anoint).[1]

Verb[edit]

దువ్వు (duvvu)

  1. to stroke, finger, or handle
  2. to pat
  3. to cajole

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with Tamil [script needed] (ur̤u, arrange or adjust (as hair with the fingers)). Burrow considers this different from Etymology 1, but they seem very similar.[2]

Verb[edit]

దువ్వు (duvvu)

  1. to comb, run the fingers through the hair
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤iyuka”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ur̤u”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.