ఎత్తు

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಎತ್ತು (ettu, “to lift, raise”).

IPA^(key): /et̪ːu/

ఎత్తు • (ettu)

1. to take up, raise, lift up
2. to take, to remove
3. to assume or take on oneself; to obtain or acquire (a name)
4. to rise
5. to occur, come about

• దండెత్తు (daṇḍettu, “to raise an army”)

ఎత్తు • (ettu) ? (plural ఎత్తులు)

1. height
2. weight

• "ఎత్తు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 186
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “et-”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78.