పెట్టు

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Telugu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಹೆಟ್ಟು (heṭṭu, to push or put into, insert), ಪೆಟ್ಟು (peṭṭu, to push penis into vagina).[1]

Verb

పెట్టు (peṭṭu) (causal పెట్టించు)

  1. to happen
  2. to put, place
  3. to lay (eggs)
    కోడి గుడ్లు పెట్టెను.
    kōḍi guḍlu peṭṭenu.
    The hen laid eggs.
  4. to give
Conjugation
PAST TENSE singular plural
1st person: నేను (nēnu) / మేము (mēmu) పెట్టాను
peṭṭānu
పెట్టాము
peṭṭāmu
2nd person: నీవు (nīvu) / మీరు (mīru) పెట్టావు
peṭṭāvu
పెట్టారు
peṭṭāru
3rd person m: అతను (atanu) / వారు (vāru) పెట్టాడు
peṭṭāḍu
పెట్టారు
peṭṭāru
3rd person f: ఆమె (āme) / వారు (vāru) పెట్టింది
peṭṭindi
3rd person n: అది (adi) / అవి (avi) పెట్టారు
peṭṭāru

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with Kannada ಪೆಟ್ಟು (peṭṭu, to beat).[2] Maybe from the same origin as Etymology 1?”

Noun

పెట్టు (peṭṭun (plural పెట్లు)

  1. a blow, a thump
    Synonym: దెబ్బ (debba)

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “heṭṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “peṭ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.