మొలచు

Telugu

Alternative forms

మొలుచు (molucu)
మొల్చు (molcu)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil முளை (muḷai), Malayalam മുളയ്ക്കുക (muḷaykkuka), Kannada ಮೊಳೆ (moḷe).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /molat͡ɕu/, [molat͡ʃu]

Verb

మొలచు • (molacu) (causal మొలిపించు)

To sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow.
Synonyms: మొలకెత్తు (molakettu), అంకురించు (aṅkuriñcu)
To rise, appear (as a star).

Derived terms

మొలక (molaka, “germ, sprout”)

References

"మొలచు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1048
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “muḷai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 450.

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