గట్టి

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Telugu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɡaʈːi/

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கெட்டி (keṭṭi, “cleverness, skill”), Malayalam കട്ടിയമ് (kaṭṭiyamŭ, “id”).[1]

Adjective[edit]

గట్టి • (gaṭṭi)

  1. (of cloth) not torn, in good repair
  2. able, clever, expert
  3. brave, courageous, resolute, smart, fine

Etymology 2[edit]

Cognate with కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to gather, collect, become hard”), Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to harden, congeal”), Malayalam കട്ട (kaṭṭa​, “lump, mass, clod”), Kannada ಕಟ್ಟು (kaṭṭu, “to gather (as a boil, secretion, or lump)”).[2]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Although Burrow separates this from Etymology 1, it certainly seems like it could be related, as the semantics are not too far.”

Adjective[edit]

గట్టి • (gaṭṭi)

  1. hard, firm, rigid, strong, substantial
  2. tight
  3. strict
  4. loud
  5. difficult

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1144, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1148, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page page-108.
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