చావు

See also: చెవి, చవి, and చేవ

Telugu

Alternative forms

(dialectal) సావు (sāvu)

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Dravidian *caH- (“to die”). Compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu, “death”), Kannada ಸಾವು (sāvu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕaːʋu/, [t͡ʃaːʋu]

Noun

చావు • (cāvu) n (plural చావులు)

death: the cessation of life and all associated processes.
కోతి చావు, కోమటి రంకు
kōti cāvu, kōmaṭi raṅku
A monkey's death, a Komati's adultery.

Derived terms

చావుకుండ (cāvukuṇḍa)
చావుదెబ్బ (cāvudebba, “fatal blow”)
చావుపడక (cāvupaḍaka, “deathbed”)

References

"చావు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 448

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