బగ్గున

Telugu

Etymology

Related to Telugu బగ్గుమను (baggumanu, “to suddenly catch fire.”). Cognate with Tamil பக-பகவ்-எனல் (paka-pakav-eṉal, “the crackling sound of a fire, or metaphorically, the prickling tongues of hunger.”), Kannada ಬಗ, ಬಗಬಗ (baga, bagabaga, “the crackling of a flame.”), Kannada ಬಗಬಗನೆ, ಬಗ್ಗನೆ (bagabagane, baggane, “the sound of ಬಗಬಗ (bagabaga, “the crackle of fire.”).”)

Adverb

బగ్గున • (bagguna)

1. Suddenly (of a fire); cracklingly.
2. blazingly

References

• "బగ్గు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 861