రేపు
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Telugu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil ஏறு (ēṟu, “to scale, rise, increase”), with semantic shift "rise" > "morning (sunrise)".
Alternative forms[edit]
- ఱేపు (ṟēpu)
Adverb[edit]
రేపు • (rēpu)
Noun[edit]
రేపు • (rēpu) ? (plural రేపులు)
Etymology 2[edit]
Causal form of రేగు (rēgu, “to rise”), ultimately from the same root as Etymology 1.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
రేపు • (rēpu)
References[edit]
- "రేపు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1094
- "రేపు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 457
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.