మాకు

See also: మెకం, మొకం, మేఁక, మేక, ముకు, మైకం, and మాఁకు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• మాఁకు (mān̆ku), మ్రాకు (mrāku)

Etymology

According to Krishnamurti a reanalyzation of మాకులు (mākulu) which was originally pluralized as mrān-kkulu later analyzed as mrāku-lu with mrāku being the stem as the -lu suffix became popular and -nkkulu suffix faded.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːku/

Noun

మాకు • (māku) ? (plural మాకులు)

1. tree

Descendants

• → Kolami: మాక్ (māk)
• → Southeastern Kolami: మాక్ (māk)

References

• Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “మాకు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]