మునుగు

See also: మునగ

Telugu

Alternative forms

• మున్గు (mungu), మునుఁగు (munun̆gu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *muẓunk-. Cognate with Tamil முழுகு (muḻuku), முழுங்கு (muḻuṅku), முங்கு (muṅku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /munuɡu/

Verb

మునుగు • (munugu) (causal మునుచు)

1. to sink, to be immersed, to plunge, to go under water

Derived terms

• కొంపమునుగు (kompamunugu, “to sink into ruin”)

References

• "మునుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1012