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Telugu
Etymology
Related to తగ్గు (taggu, “to decrease, become less”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
తక్కువ • (takkuva)
- less
- Antonym: ఎక్కువ (ekkuva)
Derived terms
Noun
తక్కువ • (takkuva) n (plural తక్కువలు)
- (uncountable) deficiency, deficit, want
- Synonyms: కొరత (korata), వెలితి (veliti)
- Antonym: ఎక్కువ (ekkuva)
- inferiority, baseness, lowness
- Antonym: ఎక్కువ (ekkuva)
- defect
- Synonyms: కొరత (korata), లోపము (lōpamu), న్యూనత్వము (nyūnatvamu), న్యూనత (nyūnata)
- Antonym: ఎక్కువ (ekkuva)
Derived terms
Adjective
తక్కువ • (takkuva)
- inferior, base, low
- Synonyms: దిగుడు (diguḍu), దిగువ (diguva), దిగువాయి (diguvāyi), వెలితి (veliti), చిన్న (cinna), న్యూనము (nyūnamu)
- Antonyms: ఎక్కువ (ekkuva), పెద్ద (pedda), గొప్ప (goppa)
Derived terms
- ఎక్కువతక్కువగా (ekkuvatakkuvagā, “more or less, approximately”)
- తక్కువగా (takkuvagā, “lowly”)
- తక్కువపడు (takkuvapaḍu, “to be wanting, insufficient, deficient”)
- తక్కువపరచు (takkuvaparacu, “to slight, scorn, undervalue”)
- తక్కువపాటు (takkuvapāṭu, “want, deficiency”)
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