ఆకు
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Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Kannada ಆಕು (āku). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]terms derived from the sense "leaf"
- అడ్డాకు (aḍḍāku, “Phanera vahlii leaf”)
- అరటాకు (araṭāku, “banana leaf”)
- ఆకుచాటుపిందె (ākucāṭupinde, “sheltered child”)
- ఆకుపచ్చ (ākupacca, “green”)
- కరివేపాకు (karivēpāku, “curry leaf”)
- గోరింటాకు (gōriṇṭāku, “henna leaf”)
- చిగురాకు (cigurāku, “budding leaf”)
- తమలపాకు (tamalapāku, “betel leaf”)
- తాటాకు (tāṭāku, “palmyra leaf”)
- తామరాకు (tāmarāku, “lotus leaf”)
- తేయాకు (tēyāku, “tea leaf”)
- పండుటాకు (paṇḍuṭāku, “ripened leaf”)
- పారుటాకు (pāruṭāku, “Autumnal leaf”)
- పొగాకు (pogāku, “tobacco leaf”)
- మునగాకు (munagāku, “moringa leaf”)
- రావియాకు (rāviyāku, “sacred fig leaf”)
- విడాకు (viḍāku, “loose leaf”)
- విస్తరాకు (vistarāku, “wide leaf used for platters”)
terms derived from the sense "paper, document"
References
[edit]- "ఆకు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 108
- ఆకు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఆకు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications