పొంగు

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil பொங்கு (poṅku, “to boil over, bubble up”), பொங்கல் (poṅkal, “pongal”), Kannada ಪೊಙ್ಗು (poṅgu, “to boil over”).

IPA^(key): /poŋɡu/

పొంగు • (poṅgu) (causal పొంగించు)

1. to effervesce; to boil or bubble up, overflow, boil over
2. to surge, swell
3. to foment
4. (of a river) to be in full spate
5. to exult, to be overjoyed, elated, thrilled, to be in ecstasy
6. to become proud

• ఉప్పొంగు (uppoṅgu)
• పొంగుట (poṅguṭa, “swelling”)

పొంగు • (poṅgu) ? (plural పొంగులు)

1. effervescence, boiling or bubbling up, overflowing
2. eruption of the measles; chicken pox
3. (dialectal) a cheap kind of cake

• "పొంగు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 353
• "పొంగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 805
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4469, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 395.