గుంపు

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See also: గోపి and గంప

Telugu

Etymology

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Particularly: “Cognate with గుమి (gumi, crowd), Tamil குமி (kumi, to accumulate, crowd), Malayalam കുമി (kumi, heap, stack, pile), കുവിക (kuvika​, to be assembled), Kannada ಗುಮಿ (gumi, heap, crowd). Also note similarities to Japanese 組む (kumu, to put together, intertwine) and (kumi, class, group); whether this is coincidence or remnants of an ancient Southern Eurasian substrate is unknown.”

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɡumpu/

Noun

గుంపు (gumpu? (plural గుంపులు)

  1. a crowd, multitude, number, flock, heap, quantity
  2. (botany) a joint or knot in wood

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1741, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158.