చేమ
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *keyampu (“Arum colocasia, yam”).
Noun
[edit]చేమ • (cēma) n (plural చేమ)
- taro (Colocasia esculenta, a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms)
References
[edit]- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6
- [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau