ತಮ್ಮ

Kannada

Etymology

Inherited from Old Kannada ತಮ್ಮ (tamma), from Proto-Dravidian *tampV. Cognate with Malayalam തമ്പി (tampi), Tamil தம்பி (tampi), Telugu తంబు (tambu), తమ్ముడు (tammuḍu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ɐmmɐ/

Noun

ತಮ್ಮ • (tamma) m[1][2]

  1. younger brother
    Synonyms: ಅನುಜ (anuja), ಅವರಜ (avaraja)

Declension

Declension of ತಮ್ಮವು (tammavu)
singular plural
nominative ತಮ್ಮವು (tammavu) ತಮ್ಮಗಳು (tammagaḷu)
accusative ತಮ್ಮವನ್ನು (tammavannu) ತಮ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು (tammagaḷannu)
instrumental ತಮ್ಮದಿಂದ (tammadinda) ತಮ್ಮಗಳಿಂದ (tammagaḷinda)
dative ತಮ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ (tammakke) ತಮ್ಮಗಳಿಗೆ (tammagaḷige)
genitive ತಮ್ಮದ (tammada) ತಮ್ಮಗಳ (tammagaḷa)

References

More information
  1. ^ V. Krishna (2019), “ತಮ್ಮ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
  2. ^ Kittel, Ferdinand (1894), “ತಮ್ಮ [tamma]”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971

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