-లు

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Telugu

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *-nk(k)-Vḷ. Cognate with Tamil -கள் (-kaḷ), Malayalam -കള് (-kaḷŭ), and Kannada -ಗಳು (-gaḷu).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-లు (-lu)

  1. a plural marker; a suffix used as sign of the first case in some Telugu plural nouns.

Derived terms