గూడు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• గూఁడు (gūn̆ḍu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kūṭu (“nest”). Cognate with Tamil கூடு (kūṭu), Malayalam കൂട് (kūṭŭ), Kannada ಗೂಡು (gūḍu), Pengo ଗୁଡା (guḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːɖu/
• Hyphenation: గూ‧డు
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

గూడు • (gūḍu) ? (plural గూళ్ళు)

1. a nest
2. a niche or recess in a wall (for a light), pigeonhole
3. hood (of a cart, rickshaw)
4. a case, cage
5. a storage basket
6. a storeroom
7. the socket of the shoulder joint or hip joint

Derived terms

• ఎముకల గూడు (emukala gūḍu)
• గూడుకట్టు (gūḍukaṭṭu)
• గూడుకానుపు (gūḍukānupu)
• గూడుబండి (gūḍubaṇḍi)
• పాచికగూడు (pācikagūḍu)
• పిట్టగూడు (piṭṭagūḍu)

 

References

• "గూడు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 168
• "గూడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 383
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172.