కదురు

Telugu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kad̪uɾu/

Noun

కదురు • (kaduru) n (plural కదుళ్ళు)

(spinning) A rod used for spinning and winding natural fibres - spindle.
అయ్య కదురువలె, అమ్మ కుదురువలె
ayya kaduruvale, amma kuduruvale
The husband like a spindle, the wife like a mortar.

References

"కదురు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 239

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