దనుక

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil தனை (taṉai, “particle denoting quantity and time-limit”), Malayalam തന (tana, “measure”), Kannada ತನಕ (tanaka, “until, as far as”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪anuka/

Adverb

దనుక • (danuka)

until, as far as, up to
Synonyms: దాక (dāka), దాకా (dākā)

References

"దనుక" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 256
"దనుక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 579

Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 3147, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 274.

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[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 3147, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 274.