దనుక

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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 தனை (taṉai, particle denoting quantity and time-limit), Malayalam തന (tana​, measure), Kannada ತನಕ (tanaka​, until, as far as).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /d̪anuka/

Adverb[edit]

దనుక (danuka)

  1. until, as far as, up to
    Synonyms: దాక (dāka), దాకా (dākā)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 3147, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 274.