"నాకు" meaning in Telugu

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Pronoun

IPA: /naːku/ Forms: nāku [romanization], of నేను [dative]
Etymology: From నా (nā) + -కు (-ku). Etymology templates: {{suffix|te|నా|కు}} నా (nā) + -కు (-ku) Head templates: {{head|te|pronoun form|dative of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Telu mention" lang="te">నేను</i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(nēnu)</span></span>}} నాకు • (nāku) (dative of నేను (nēnu))
  1. to me
    Sense id: en-నాకు-te-pron-WVO8ewi2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Telugu entries with incorrect language header, Telugu terms suffixed with -కు Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Telugu entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Telugu terms suffixed with -కు: 100 0 0 0
  2. by me
    Sense id: en-నాకు-te-pron-vT97XhRO
  3. for me
    Sense id: en-నాకు-te-pron-ODS3CBPJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /naːku/ Forms: nāku [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|te|dra-pro|*nakk-||to lick|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”), {{inh+|te|dra-pro|*nakk-|t=to lick}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”) Head templates: {{head|te|verb|causal|నాకించు}} నాకు • (nāku) (causal నాకించు)
  1. to lick
    Sense id: en-నాకు-te-verb-Bo0Z0qJu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/naːku/"
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