గీయు
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கீறு (kīṟu, “to scratch”), Malayalam കീറുക (kīṟuka, “to scratch”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
గీయు • (gīyu)
- to draw, trace (a line)
- to scratch, scrape
- to sketch (a picture)
- to strip off leaves
- to tap (toddy from a palm tree by cutting lines in it)
- to shave
- to strike (a match
- అగ్గిపుల్ల గీయు ― aggipulla gīyu ― to strike a match
References[edit]
- "గీయు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 162
- "గీయు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 370
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kīṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146.