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చెప్పు

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See also: చిప్ప

Telugu

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *keruppu.[1]

Noun

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చెప్పు (ceppu? (plural చెప్పులు)

  1. footwear
  2. A shoe.
    కంటికి రెప్ప, కాలికి చెప్పు
    kaṇṭiki reppa, kāliki ceppu
    A lid to the eye, a shoe to the foot.
Descendants
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(From the plural చెప్పులు (ceppulu)):

Further reading
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  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 387
  • Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 17
  • Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, page 121
  • Thiesen, Finn (2017) “Paṩto etymologies: Corrections and additions to A new etymological vocabulary of Pashto”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen et al., editors, Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European; 8), Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, page 735

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kep-. Cognate with Tamil செப்பு (ceppu, to say, speak), Malayalam ചെപ്പുക (ceppuka​, to say).[2]

Verb

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చెప్పు (ceppu) (causal చెప్పించు)

  1. To say, tell.
  2. To teach, to speak of.
  3. To write or compose a poem.
  4. To describe, tell of.
  5. To term, call, name, denominate.
Conjugation
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PAST TENSE singular plural
1st person: నేను (nēnu) / మేము (mēmu) చెప్పాను
ceppānu
చెప్పాము
ceppāmu
2nd person: నీవు (nīvu) / మీరు (mīru) చెప్పావు
ceppāvu
చెప్పారు
ceppāru
3rd person m: అతను (atanu) / వారు (vāru) చెప్పాడు
ceppāḍu
చెప్పారు
ceppāru
3rd person f: ఆమె (āme) / వారు (vāru) చెప్పింది
ceppindi
3rd person n: అది (adi) / అవి (avi) చెప్పారు
ceppāru

References

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  • Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “చెప్పు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]
  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ceruppu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ceppu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177.