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ചേമ്പ്

chempu cēmpŭ /t͡ʃeːmpɨ/

noun · നാമം

The corm of this plant used as a vegetable

  1. taro, Colocasia esculenta, a species of monocotyledonous plant with broad waxy leaves and edible corms

  2. The corm of this plant used as a vegetable

  3. Any of the plants of the genus Colocasia or their corms

Forms

the word ചേമ്പ്
of / belonging to ചേമ്പിന്റെ
to / for ചേമ്പിന്
as the object ചേമ്പിനെ
in / at ചേമ്പിൽ
with ചേമ്പോടു
by / using ചേമ്പാൽ
more than one ചേമ്പുകൾ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kēmpu. Cognates include Kannada ಕೆಸು (kesu, “taro”), Tamil சேம்பு (cēmpu, “taro”), Telugu చేమ (cēma, “taro”) and Tulu ಚೇವು (cēvu, “taro”).

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