కొమ్మ

Telugu

Pronunciation
  •  IPA(key): /komːa/
  • Rhymes: -మ్మ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with కొమ్ము (kommu, “horn”), Tamil கொம்பு (kompu, “horn, branch”).[1]

Noun

కొమ్మ • (komma) n or f (plural కొమ్మలు)

  1. a branch
    Synonym: శాఖ (śākha)
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:కొమ్మ.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to కొడుకు (koḍuku, “son”).

Noun

కొమ్మ • (komma) ? (plural కొమ్మలు)

  1. a damsel, a maiden, a female
    Synonym: ఆడది (āḍadi)
Derived terms

References
  • "కొమ్మ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 320
  • Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “కొమ్మ”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 288.
  1. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kompu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.
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