ఏ

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/

Letter

ఏ • (ē)

1. The long vowel "ē" as a in fare and eighth letter in Telugu alphabet.

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yā.

Adjective

ఏ • (ē)

1. interrogative adjective; which, what.

   ఏ చెట్టు?

   ē ceṭṭu?

   Which tree?

Etymology 2

Cognate with Tamil -ஏ (-ē).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Affix

ఏ • (ē)

1. an affix denoting emphasis

   ‎నేను (nēnu, “I”) → ‎నేనే (nēnē, “I myself”)

   ‎వాడు (vāḍu, “that man, he”) → ‎వాడే (vāḍē, “that very man”)

   ‎మేము (mēmu, “we”) → ‎మేమే (mēmē, “we ourselves”)

2. an affix denoting that a female is addressed: ఏమే (ēmē, “O woman!”)

References

• "ఏ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 193