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Kannada
Etymology
Cognate to Tamil எலும்பு (elumpu), Telugu ఎముక (emuka), Malayalam എലുമ്പ് (elumpŭ), and Tulu ಎಲು (elu).
Pronunciation
Noun
ಎಲು • (elu)
- bone
- Synonym: ಮೂಳೆ (mūḷe)
Declension
| Case/Form
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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ಎಲು (elu)
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ಎಲುಗಳು (elugaḷu)
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| Accusative
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ಎಲನ್ನು (elannu)
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ಎಲುಗಳನ್ನು (elugaḷannu)
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| Instrumental
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ಎಲಿನಿಂದ (elininda)
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ಎಲುಗಳಿಂದ (elugaḷinda)
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| Dative
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ಎಲಿಗೆ (elige)
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ಎಲುಗಳಿಗೆ (elugaḷige)
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| Genitive
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ಎಲಿನ (elina)
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ಎಲುಗಳ (elugaḷa)
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References
- V. Krishna (2019) “ಎಲು”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಎಲು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971