ఇడు

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil இடு (iṭu, “to place, deposit”), Kannada ಇಡು (iḍu, “to let go or send from the hand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iɖu/

Verb

ఇడు • (iḍu)

1. to give, offer, place, put, lay
2. to set, plant

References

• ఇడు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• "ఇడు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 58
• "ఇడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 59
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “iṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42.