చేదు
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See also: చెద
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 కసు (kasu, “raw, unripe”), Tamil கய (kaya, “to be bitter; to abhor”), Kannada ಕಯ್ (kay, “bitterness”).[1]
Alternative forms[edit]
- చేతి (cēti)
Noun[edit]
చేదు • (cēdu) ? (plural చేదులు)
Synonyms[edit]
- తిక్తము (tiktamu)
Adjective[edit]
చేదు • (cēdu)
- bitter
- చేదు నారింజ ― cēdu nāriñja ― bitter orange
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சேந்து (cēntu, “to draw (as a rope)”), Kannada ಸೇದು (sēdu, “to draw up (water from a well)”).[2]
Verb[edit]
చేదు • (cēdu)
- to draw up (as a bucket) hand over hand
Synonyms[edit]
- తోడు (tōḍu)
See also[edit]
- (tastes) రుచులు; చేదు (cēdu), ఉప్పదనము (uppadanamu), పులుపు (pulupu), తీపి (tīpi), కారము (kāramu) (Category: te:Taste)
References[edit]
- "చేదు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 434
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kaya”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cēntu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.