తేపు

Telugu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tē- (“to be full, satiated; to belch”).

Verb

తేపు • (tēpu)

1. to belch

Noun

తేపు • (tēpu) n (plural తేపులు)

1. a belch

References

• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Historical phonology: vowels”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 103
• [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
• [2] in A Telugu-English Dictionary by Charles Philip Brown