ఎలుక
Telugu
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ఎలుక.
Etymology
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Cognate with Tamil எலி (eli, “rat”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -క
Noun
ఎలుక • (eluka) ? (plural ఎలుకలు)
- rat
- ఎలుక యేట్లో పోతేనేమి, పులి బోనున పోతేనేమి
- eluka yēṭlō pōtēnēmi, puli bōnuna pōtēnēmi
- What if the rat is carried down the river? What if the tiger is caught in the trap?
Synonyms
- ఎలిక (elika)
- మూషికము (mūṣikamu)
References
- "ఎలుక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 192