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Where does “ఎముకలేనిచెయ్యి” come from?

ఎముకలేనిచెయ్యి (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఎముకలేని, from Telugu లేని, from Telugu లేదు, from Telugu లే, from Proto-Dravidian *cil-.

ఎముకలేనిచెయ్యి (Telugu): a hand without a bone in it; great donor

Definitions

  1. a hand without a bone in it; great donor

Ancestry of “ఎముకలేనిచెయ్యి”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఎముకలేనిboneless
2Teluguలేనిpast participle of లేదు; devoid of
3Teluguలేదుno
4Teluguలే—
5Proto-Dravidian*cil-—
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