ఎక్కు

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Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ekːu/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil எஃகு (eḥku, to rise, go up), Kannada ಎಕ್ಕು (ekku, id), Malayalam എക്കുക (ekkuka​, to come up, stand on tiptoe).

Verb

ఎక్కు (ekku) (causal ఎక్కించు)

  1. to climb, rise, go up, come up
    కొండెక్కు
    koṇḍekku
    to climb a hill
Conjugation
PAST TENSE singular plural
1st person: నేను (nēnu) / మేము (mēmu) ఎక్కాను
ekkānu
ఎక్కాము
ekkāmu
2nd person: నీవు (nīvu) / మీరు (mīru) ఎక్కావు
ekkāvu
ఎక్కారు
ekkāru
3rd person m: అతను (atanu) / వారు (vāru) ఎక్కాడు
ekkāḍu
ఎక్కారు
ekkāru
3rd person f: ఆమె (āme) / వారు (vāru) ఎక్కింది
ekkindi
3rd person n: అది (adi) / అవి (avi) ఎక్కారు
ekkāru
Antonyms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Same as Etymology 1? Bowstrings could be seen as tensing and thus rising into an actionable state, in addition to archers often tilting upwards to shoot arrows from bows.”

Noun

ఎక్కు (ekku? (plural ఎక్కులు)

  1. bowstring, esp. in a strung bow

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