చెవి
Telugu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kewi. Cognate with Kannada ಕಿವಿ (kivi), Kui (India) କ୍ରିଉ (kriu), Kumarbhag Paharia कॆद़्वु (qethwu), Kurukh ख़ॆब्दा (xebdā), Kuvi କ୍ରିୟୁ (kriyu), Kodava ಕೆಮಿ (kemi), Kolami కెవ్వ్ (kevv), Gondi కెవి (kevi), Malayalam ചെവി (cevi), Tamil செவி (cevi, “ear”), Tulu ಕೆಬಿ (kebi), Brahui خَف (xaf).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʃeʋi]
Synonyms
- కర్ణము (karṇamu)
Derived terms
- చెవినొప్పి (cevinoppi)
- చెవిపోగు (cevipōgu)
- చెవిపోటు (cevipōṭu, “earache”)
- చెవిటి (ceviṭi)
- చెవులపిల్లి (cevulapilli)
- మధ్యచెవి (madhyacevi, “middle ear”)
- వెలుపలి చెవి (velupali cevi, “external ear or outer ear”)
Etymology 2
From Portuguese chave (“key”).
References
- "చెవి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 432
- చెవి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Loanwords from western languages: Portuguese and English”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 479
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