త్రిప్పు

Telugu

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with తిరి (tiri), Tamil திரி (tiri, “to twist or turn”), Malayalam തിരി (tiri), and Kannada ತಿರಿ (tiri).[1]

Verb

త్రిప్పు • (trippu)

  1. to turn, to cause to turn
  2. to reel, feel giddy
  3. (of illness) to be checked
  4. to turn round, turn back
  5. to brandish, wield, whirl, twirl
  6. to lead about, lead round
  7. to wind (a watch), coil (a rope)
  8. to reverse, revoke (an order)
  9. to steer or command (a ship)

Synonyms

Noun

త్రిప్పు • (trippu) ? (plural త్రిప్పులు)

  1. a turn, circuit, round, turning
  2. fainting, swooning
  3. pride, arrogance

References
  1. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 3246, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282.
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