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చప్ప

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Telugu

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /t͡ɕapːa/, [t͡ʃapːa]

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சப்பை (cappai, “that which is insipid or tasteless”), Malayalam ചപ്പട്ട (cappaṭṭa​, “vapid, flat, insipid”), Kannada ಚಪ್ಪಗೆ (cappage, “flat, insipid”).[1]

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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చప్ప • (cappa)

  1. tasteless, insipid, vapid
  2. weak, feeble
  3. dull, boring

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சப்பை (cappai, “a rafter, a chip of wood”).[2]

Noun

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చప్ప • (cappa) ? (plural చప్పలు)

  1. a wedge, a spar of wood placed for the wheels of a car to pass over in a sandy road
  2. a seal

References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2337 cappai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2340 cappai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206.
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