అగ్గిపెట్టె
See also: అగ్గిపెట్టు
Telugu
Etymology
అగ్గి (aggi, “fire”) + పెట్టె (peṭṭe, “box”); influenced by అగ్గిపుల్ల (aggipulla, “match”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
అగ్గిపెట్టె • (aggipeṭṭe) ? (plural అగ్గిపెట్టెలు)
- matchbox
- 1985, Paruchuri brothers, Agni Parvatam, spoken by Jamadagni (Krishna):
- అగ్గిపెట్ఉందా?
- aggipeṭundā?
- Got a light? (lit. 'You have a matchbox?)
Further reading
- అగ్గిపెట్టె at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “అగ్గిపెట్టె”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications
- “అగ్గిపెట్టె”, in ప్రాంతీయ మాండలిక పదకోశం [Regional Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, 2004
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