"తేలు" meaning in Telugu

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Noun

IPA: /teːlu/ Forms: tēlu [romanization], తేళ్లు [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Dravidian *tēḷ. Cognate with Tamil தேள் (tēḷ), Malayalam തേൾ (tēḷ), Kannada ಚೇಳು (cēḷu). Etymology templates: {{inh|te|dra-pro|*tēḷ}} Proto-Dravidian *tēḷ, {{cog|ta|தேள்}} Tamil தேள் (tēḷ), {{cog|ml|തേൾ}} Malayalam തേൾ (tēḷ), {{cog|kn|ಚೇಳು}} Kannada ಚೇಳು (cēḷu) Head templates: {{te-noun|తేళ్లు}} తేలు • (tēlu) ? (plural తేళ్లు)
  1. scorpion Synonyms: వృశ్చికము (vr̥ścikamu)
    Sense id: en-తేలు-te-noun-Yx~6ULWa

Verb

IPA: /teːlu/
Etymology: From Proto-Dravidian *tēḷ. Cognate with Tamil தேள் (tēḷ), Malayalam തേൾ (tēḷ), Kannada ಚೇಳು (cēḷu). Etymology templates: {{inh|te|dra-pro|*tēḷ}} Proto-Dravidian *tēḷ, {{cog|ta|தேள்}} Tamil தேள் (tēḷ), {{cog|ml|തേൾ}} Malayalam തേൾ (tēḷ), {{cog|kn|ಚೇಳು}} Kannada ಚೇಳು (cēḷu) Head templates: {{head|te|verb|causal|తేలించు}} తేలు • (tēlu) (causal తేలించు) Forms: tēlu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], నేను [durative, first-person], మేము [durative, first-person], తేలుతున్నాను [durative, first-person, singular], తేలుతున్నాము [durative, first-person, plural], నీవు [durative, second-person], మీరు [durative, second-person], తేలుతున్నావు [durative, second-person, singular], తేలుతున్నారు [durative, plural, second-person], అతను [durative, masculine, third-person], వారు [durative, masculine, third-person], తేలుతున్నాడు [durative, masculine, singular, third-person], తేలుతున్నారు [durative, masculine, plural, third-person], ఆమె [durative, feminine, third-person], వారు [durative, feminine, third-person], తేలుతున్నది [durative, feminine, singular, third-person], తేలుతున్నారు [durative, feminine, plural, third-person], తేలుతున్నది [durative, error-unrecognized-form, singular], తేలుతున్నారు [durative, error-unrecognized-form, plural]
  1. to float
    Sense id: en-తేలు-te-verb-79GMauPA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Telugu entries with incorrect language header, Telugu terms with redundant script codes, Arachnids Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Telugu entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Telugu terms with redundant script codes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Arachnids: 25 75

Inflected forms

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        "third-person"
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        "feminine",
        "third-person"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to float"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "float",
          "float"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teːlu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "తేలు"
}

Download raw JSONL data for తేలు meaning in Telugu (5.4kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: causal తేలించు",
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  ],
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  "title": "తేలు",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  ],
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}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
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  ],
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  "title": "తేలు",
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}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
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    "తేలు"
  ],
  "section": "Telugu",
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  "title": "తేలు",
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}

{
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  "path": [
    "తేలు"
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  "title": "తేలు",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "తేలు"
  ],
  "section": "Telugu",
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  "title": "తేలు",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
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    "తేలు"
  ],
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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    "తేలు"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "తేలు",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: '3rd person n: అది (adi) / అవి (avi)'",
  "path": [
    "తేలు"
  ],
  "section": "Telugu",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "తేలు",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Telugu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (9c82c1c and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.