ఎల్లుండి

Telugu

Etymology

ఎల్లి (elli, “tomorrow, the next day”) +‎ ఉండి (uṇḍi). Cognate with Tulu [script needed] (ellañji, “day after tomorrow”).^[1]

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /elːuɳɖi/

Noun

ఎల్లుండి • (elluṇḍi) ? (plural ఎల్లుంళ్ళు)

the day after tomorrow

References

"ఎల్లుండి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 192

^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “845”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 82.

[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “845”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 82.

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