గుంపు

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See also: గోపి and గంప

Telugu

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with గుమి (gumi, “crowd”), Tamil குமி (kumi, “to accumulate, crowd”), Malayalam കുമി (kumi, “heap, stack, pile”), കുവിക (kuvika​, “to be assembled”), Kannada ಗುಮಿ (gumi, “heap, crowd”).[1] Also note similarities to Japanese 組む (kumu, “to put together, intertwine”) and 組 (kumi, “class, group”); whether this is coincidence or remnants of an ancient Southern Eurasian substrate is unknown.”

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɡumpu/

Noun

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గుంపు • (gumpu) ? (plural గుంపులు)

  1. a crowd, multitude, number, flock, heap, quantity
  2. (botany) a joint or knot in wood

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1741”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158.
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