ತಿನ್ನು

Kannada

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *tiHn (“to eat”). Cognates include Malayalam തിന്നുക (tinnuka), Tamil தின் (tiṉ), Telugu తిను (tinu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪in̪n̪u/

Verb

ತಿನ್ನು • (tinnu)

to eat

Derived terms

ತಿಂಡಿ (tiṇḍi, “breakfast”)

References

Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ತಿನ್ನು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 759

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