నక్క

See also: నక్కు and నొక్కు

Telugu

A red fox (Vulpes vulpes).

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nari-kkV, from Proto-Dravidian *nari. Cognate with Telugu నక్క (nakka), Tamil நரி (nari), Malayalam നരി (nari), Tulu ನರಿ (nari), Konda-Dora [script needed] (naka), Kuvi [script needed] (nakka), Kolami [script needed] (nakka), Kodava [script needed] (nari).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nakːa/

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Noun

నక్క • (nakka) ? (plural నక్కలు)

1. jackal

   Synonyms: జంబుకము (jambukamu), ఫేరవము (phēravamu)

   నక్క యెక్కడ, దేవలోకమెక్కడ.

   nakka yekkaḍa, dēvalōkamekkaḍa.

   Where is the jackal? Where is heaven?

2. fox
3. (Telangana) hole in a wall made by a thief

   Synonym: కన్నము (kannamu)

Derived terms

• నక్కతోక (nakkatōka, “fox-tail”)
• నక్కపోతు (nakkapōtu, “a male fox”)

References

• "నక్క" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 628
• నక్క at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

  Dr. A. Ramapati Rao, editor (1985), “నక్క”, in మాండలిక పదకోశం [Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, page 100