సాపాటు

From సాపడు (sāpaḍu, “to eat, dine”). Cognate with Tamil சாப்பாடு (cāppāṭu), Malayalam ശാപ്പാട് (śāppāṭŭ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /saːpaːʈu/

సాపాటు • (sāpāṭu) ? (plural సాపాట్లు)

1. meal, food

   Synonyms: తిండి (tiṇḍi), భోజనము (bhōjanamu)

   • 1981, “Sapatu Yetu Ledu”, in Acharya Aatreya (lyrics), M. S. Viswanathan (music), Akali Rajyam, performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam:

     సాపాటు ఎటూ లేదు పాటైనా పాడు బ్రదర్

     sāpāṭu eṭū lēdu pāṭainā pāḍu bradar

     Sing this song brother, there's no food anyway

• సాపాటురాముడు (sāpāṭurāmuḍu, “glutton”)

• "సాపడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1330
• సాపాటు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)