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Telugu
Etymology
From ఊగు (ūgu), ఊచు (ūcu). Compare Tamil உக்கூ (ukkū, “cause to swing”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /uːpu/
Verb
ఊపు • (ūpu)
- to cause to swing
Noun
ఊపు • (ūpu) ? (plural ఊపులు)
- swinging
- a push, one oscillation in swinging
References
- "ఊపు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 175
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ūṅku”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72.