రేపు

See also: ర్పూ, రూపం, and రంపం

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾeːpu/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil ஏறு (ēṟu, “to scale, rise, increase”), with semantic shift "rise" > "morning (sunrise)".

Alternative forms

• ఱేపు (ṟēpu)

Adverb

రేపు • (rēpu)

1. tomorrow

Noun

రేపు • (rēpu) ? (plural రేపులు)

1. the dawn, the morning
2. tomorrow

Etymology 2

Causal form of రేగు (rēgu, “to rise”), ultimately from the same root as Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

• రేపెట్టు (rēpeṭṭu), రేచు (rēcu)

Verb

రేపు • (rēpu)

1. To raise, provoke, irritate, incite, excite

References

• "రేపు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1094
• "రేపు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 457
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.