చేమ
Telugu
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *keyampu (“Arum colocasia, yam”).
Noun
చేమ • (cēma) n (plural చేమ)
- taro (Colocasia esculenta, a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms)
References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003), “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6
- in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau