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പുഴു

puzhu puḻu /puɻu/

noun · നാമം

caterpillar·maggot, larva

  1. worm, any of the various tubular invertebrates in the phyla Annelida, Nematoda as well as the juvenile forms of certain insects that resemble the members of those phyla.

  2. caterpillar

  3. maggot, larva

Forms

the word പുഴു
of / belonging to പുഴുവിന്റെ
to / for പുഴുക്ക്
as the object പുഴുവെ
in / at പുഴുവിൽ
with പുഴുവോടു
by / using പുഴുവാൽ
more than one പുഴുക്കൾ

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *puẓu (“worm”). Cognate with Kannada ಹುಳು (huḷu, “worm,insect”), Kodava ಪುಳು (puḷu, “worm, insect”), Tamil புழு (puḻu, “worm”), Telugu పురుగు (purugu, “worm, insect”), Tulu ಪುರಿ (puri, “worm, insect”) and Brahui پُو (pū, “worm”).

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