ఏలు

Pattapu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ēẓu.

Numeral

ఏలు

  1. seven

References
  • Rebbavarapu, Ruth (2013), “ఏలు”, in Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code, Beulah Ministries of India

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Telugu ఏళు (ēḷu), from Proto-Dravidian *yĀḷ. Cognate with Tamil ஆள் (āḷ), Kannada ಆಳು (āḷu), Malayalam ആളുക (āḷuka).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /eːlu/

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Verb

ఏలు • (ēlu)

  1. To rule, govern, manage.
  2. To enjoy, to master.
  3. To possess or take.

Derived terms

References
  • Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003), “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
  • in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
  • "ఏలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 202
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