ఇల్లు

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *il. Cognate with Tamil இல் (il, “house”), Malayalam ഇല്ലം (illaṁ, “house, place”), Kodava ಇಲ್ಲವೇನ್ (illavēnŭ, “man who is a relative”), Tulu ಇಲ್ಲ್ (illŭ, “house, dwelling, family”), Kolami ఎల్ల (ella, “house”). False cognate of Greenlandic illu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ilːu/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ల్లు

Noun

ఇల్లు • (illu) n (plural plural or ఇండ్లు or or or ఇళ్లు or genitive or ఇంటి)

A house (a structure serving as an abode of human beings).
Synonyms: కొంప (kompa), గృహము (gr̥hamu), సదనము (sadanamu), నికేతనము (nikētanamu), (figuratively) గడప (gaḍapa)

Declension

ఇల్లు (illu) is a Class D noun, meaning the stem changes to ఇంటి (iṇṭi)-

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Telugu Declension. Telugu nouns have six classes (A-F), each with their own way of declining the noun stem. Read more here, under "Oblique Stem Formation": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_grammar#Nouns

The nominative case is simply the default, underlined form of the noun.

All Telugu nouns have the nominative plural ending of "-లు".

Case/Form	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Undeclined Form	Undeclined Form + Plural Ending
Accusative	ఇంటిని (iṇṭini)	ఇంటిలుని (iṇṭiluni)
Instrumental	ఇంటితో (iṇṭitō)	ఇంటిలుతో (iṇṭilutō)
Locative	ఇంటిలో (iṇṭilō)	ఇంటిలులో (iṇṭilulō)
Inessive (inside)	ఇంటిలోపల (iṇṭilōpala)	ఇంటిలులోపల (iṇṭilulōpala)
Dative	ఇంటికి (iṇṭiki)	ఇంటిలుకి (iṇṭiluki)
Genitive	ఇంటి (iṇṭi)	ఇంటిలుల (iṇṭilula)
Oblique	ఇంటి (iṇṭi)	ఇంటిలు (iṇṭilu)

Derived terms

References

ఇల్లు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఇల్లు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications