ఓడు

See also: ఓడ

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ōṭu (“to flee, to be defeated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oːɖu/

Verb

ఓడు • (ōḍu) (causal ఓడించు)

  1. To fail.
  2. To lose, to be defeated.
    అతడు ఆట ఓడినాడు.
    ataḍu āṭa ōḍināḍu.
    He lost the game.

Conjugation
PAST TENSE singular plural
1st person: నేను (nēnu) / మేము (mēmu) ఓడాను
ōḍānu		 ఓడాము
ōḍāmu
2nd person: నీవు (nīvu) / మీరు (mīru) ఓడావు
ōḍāvu		 ఓడారు
ōḍāru
3rd person m: అతను (atanu) / వారు (vāru) ఓడాడు
ōḍāḍu		 ఓడారు
ōḍāru
3rd person f: ఆమె (āme) / వారు (vāru) ఓడింది
ōḍindi
3rd person n: అది (adi) / అవి (avi) ఓడారు
ōḍāru

Derived terms

Noun

ఓడు • (ōḍu) n (plural ఓళ్ళు)

  1. A defeat, loss, failure, forfeit.
    Synonym: ఓటమి (ōṭami)
  2. A crack, chink, hole.

References
  • Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
  • "ఓడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 217
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