కాను

See also: కోన, కూన, and కాన

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːnu/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tamil காண் (kāṇ). Related to కన్ను (kannu, “eye”).

Alternative forms

కను (kanu)

Verb

కాను • (kānu) (causal కానిపించు)

1. To see, perceive, observe.

   Synonym: చూడు (cūḍu)

2. To enjoy.
3. To know, understand.

   Synonym: ఎరుగు (erugu)

Derived terms

• కానుక (kānuka, “gift, offering, courtesy”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

కాను • (kānu) n (singular only)

1. (uncountable) Thick buttermilk.

Derived terms

• కానుమజ్జిగ (kānumajjiga, “thick buttermilk”)

References

• "కాను" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 271