ఆవలించు

Telugu

Etymology

Possibly related to ఆవి (āvi, “exhalation”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʋaliɲt͡ɕu/, [aːʋaliɲt͡ʃu]

Verb

ఆవలించు • (āvaliñcu)

1. To yawn, to gape.

   Synonym: జృంభించు (jr̥mbhiñcu)

Derived terms

• ఆవలింత (āvalinta, “yawn, yawning”)

References

• "ఆవలించు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 126