kolamaanamu: Telugu Units of Measurements

Mohan Parigi (MIDOT.MICHTRANS3.parigim@state.mi.us)
Mon, 08 Jul 1996 18:25:44 -0400

Here I tried to compile a list of units of measurements. Comments/
suggestions/ additions welcome.

Madan Mohan

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Time:
kshaNamulu
ghaDiyalu (from Sanskrit ?)
vighaDiyalu
lipta paaTu kaalamu
nimishamu
ganTa
dinamu
rOju (from persian ?)
jaamulu
pakshamu
rutuvulu
Sakamu
yugamu

Length:
anguLamu
aDugu
gajamu
krOsu
yOjanamu
aamaDa

Weight, Volume:
sEru
sOla
veeSe
maNuvu
pampu
tulamu
siTam
tUmulu
bastaalu

Rain:
padunu
dukku

Money:
varahaalu
kaasu
aNaa
dammiDi

Buildings:
antastulu

Music:
pallavi
caraNamu
sthaayi (mandra, madhyama, teevra)
maatralu
laghuvu
guruvu

Books:
aSvaasamu
adhyaayamu
kaaNDamu
parvamu
bhaagamu
sampuTamu
prakaraNamu

Military:
akshauhiNulu

Some measures used in expressions:

jaaneDu
betteDu
bOleDu
piDikeDu
kaDiveDu
gariTeDu
guppeDu
gampeDu (kOrikalu)
ciTikeDu
cemcaaDu
puTTedu (du:khamu)
juTTedu (kaDupu)
bindeDu
kunceDu
caareDu
mOkaalu lOtu
naDum lOtu

gOranta (deepamu)
koNDanta (velugu, aaSa)
isumanta
ravvanta
aavaginjanta
vEpaginjanta (verri)

koncemu
kaasta, kaasinta, kaasinni
muddalu (annam tinETappuDu)

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