కొమ్మ
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Telugu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with కొమ్ము (kommu, “horn”), Tamil கொம்பு (kompu, “horn, branch”).[1]
Noun
[edit]కొమ్మ • (komma) n or f (plural కొమ్మలు)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:కొమ్మ.
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to కొడుకు (koḍuku, “son”).
Noun
[edit]కొమ్మ • (komma) ? (plural కొమ్మలు)
Derived terms
[edit]- పడుపుకొమ్మ (paḍupukomma, “prostitute”)
References
[edit]- "కొమ్మ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 320
- Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “కొమ్మ”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 288.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kompu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.