Request for help with Telugu

[Whitney Cox]

Dear Stephen,

DEDR no. 1680: "Te[lugu] g(r)u.d.du 'eyeball, egg', while -lu-
is, I think, a plural/honorific.

wc

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:55:13 +0100
>From: Stephen Hodge <s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM>  
>Subject: Request for help with Telugu  
>To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
>
>I wonder if anybody who knows Telugu can help with this. I
have a gloss in 
>Pali on the place name Mora.n.da, the supposed place of
origin of 
>Buddhaghosa: "nemaliiti telagu-vohaaro ca morassa, gundalu
iti ca a.n.dassa"
>
>I have ascertained that "nemali" is indeed "peacok" (mora),
but I can't find 
>any confirmation that "gundulu" is "egg" (or similar) in Telugu.
>
>I would be grateful for any help with this.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Stephen Hodge