ఏలు
Pattapu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ēẓu.
Telugu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Telugu ఏళు (ēḷu), from Proto-Dravidian *yĀḷ. Cognate with Tamil ஆள் (āḷ), Kannada ಆಳು (āḷu), Malayalam ആളുക (āḷuka).[1]
Derived terms
- ఏర్పాటు (ērpāṭu)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil ஏல் (ēl, “to happen, be convenient; to receive”), Malayalam ഏല് (ēlŭ, “possibility; responsibility”), Kannada ಏಱ್ (ēṟ, “to be fit”).[2]
Verb
ఏలు • (ēlu)
- To possess or take
- to accept, admit, take care of, entertain
- to look after (a wife or mistress)
Derived terms
- ఏర్పాటు (ērpāṭu)
References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- "ఏలు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 95
- "ఏలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 202
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 5157, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 468.
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 905, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page page-86.
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