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Telugu
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Particularly: “Probably the same as Etymology 1, as a semantic shift to a metonymic sense ("to wash with water" > "the water that washes rice").”
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Noun
కడుగు • (kaḍugu) n (plural కడుగులు)
- The water in which rice or any other grain has been washed
- Synonym: కుడితి (kuḍiti)
Etymology 2
Cognate with Malayalam കഴുകുക (kaḻukuka), Tamil கழுவு (kaḻuvu).
Verb
కడుగు • (kaḍugu) (causal కడిగించు)
- to wash or clean with water, lave, cleanse
Conjugation
References
- "కడుగు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 107
- "కడుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 236
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127.