కూడు

See also: కోడి

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuːɖu/

Etymology 1

From కుడుచు (kuḍucu, “to eat”).

Noun

కూడు • (kūḍu) ? (singular only)

(uncountable) food
Synonyms: కుడుపు (kuḍupu), తిండి (tiṇḍi), గాతి (gāti), బువ్వ (buvva), ఆహారము (āhāramu), అన్నము (annamu)

అమావాస్య కూడు నిత్యం దొరుకునా
amāvāsya kūḍu nityaṁ dorukunā
Can you get new-moon food every day?

Derived terms

పడుపుకూడు (paḍupukūḍu, “food gained by prostitution”)

Etymology 2

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Malayalam കൂടുക (kūṭuka), Tamil கூடு (kūṭu), கூட்டு (kūṭṭu).

Verb

కూడు • (kūḍu) (causal కూడబెట్టు)

to be fit
to unite
to accrue, be amassed, gained, acquired, come to hand
to agree, be united
to meet
(mathematics) to add or sum up

Derived terms

కూటము (kūṭamu)

References

"కూడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 303

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