ತಿನ್ನು

Kannada

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *tiHn (“to eat”). Cognates include Malayalam തിന്നുക (tinnuka), Tamil தின் (tiṉ), Telugu తిను (tinu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪in̪n̪u/

Verb

ತಿನ್ನು • (tinnu)

1. to eat

Derived terms

• ತಿಂಡಿ (tiṇḍi, “breakfast”)

 

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ತಿನ್ನು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 759