తేపు
Telugu
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tē- (“to be full, satiated; to belch”).
Verb
తేపు • (tēpu)
- to belch
Noun
తేపు • (tēpu) n (plural తేపులు)
- a belch
References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003), “Historical phonology: vowels”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 103
- in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
- in A Telugu-English Dictionary by Charles Philip Brown