కురియు

See also: కొరియా, క్రియ, కిరాయి, and క్రయం

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably related to కూలు (kūlu, “to fall down, sink”), Kannada ಕೂಲು (kūlu, “to fall down, be ruined”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuɾiju/

Verb

కురియు • (kuriyu) (causal కురిపించు)

to rain, shower, fall like rain or dew
Synonym: వర్షించు (varṣiñcu)

వాన కురియుచున్నది.
vāna kuriyucunnadi.
It is raining.
to leak

References

"కురియు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 133
"కురియు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 297

Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1907, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174.

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[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1907, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174.