పీనుగు

Telugu

Alternative forms

పీనుఁగు (pīnun̆gu), పీన్గు (pīngu), పీనుగ (pīnuga), పీనిగ (pīniga)

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil பிணம் (piṇam), Malayalam പിണം (piṇaṁ), Kannada ಹೆಣ (heṇa), Tulu ಪುಣ (puṇa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːnuɡu/

Noun

పీనుగు • (pīnugu) n (plural పీనుగులు)

1. corpse, carcass

   Synonym: శవము (śavamu)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:పీనుగు.

Derived terms

• పీనుగుతిండి (pīnugutiṇḍi, “demon”)

References

• "పీనిగ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 761