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Telugu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Southeastern Kolami (sāka, “hunger”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /aːkali/
Noun
ఆకలి • (ākali) n (plural ఆకలులు)
- A need or desire for food - hunger, appetite
References
- "ఆకలి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 106
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ã̄kali”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213.