టేకు
Telugu
Alternative forms
టేఁకు (ṭēn̆ku)
Etymology
From English teak, from Proto-Dravidian *tēnkk-. Doublet of తేకు (tēku).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʈeːku/
Noun
టేకు • (ṭēku) ? (plural టేకులు)
- teak (an extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis)
- Synonym: తేకు (tēku)
Derived terms
- టేకు కలప (ṭēku kalapa, “teak wood”)
- టేకు చెట్టు (ṭēku ceṭṭu, “teak tree”)
References
- టేకు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- "టేకు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 489