(p. 222) ?E0 The Sunna, anuswaram, or circle used for ణ, న, మ: as అండము aṇḍamu, an egg: సంతానము santānamu. Offspring: కంబు kambu, a shell. The half nasal 'ఁ' or semi circle is not used in modern Telugu, though some Pundits have made many efforts to introduce it.

(p. 222) ḥ The H, as in the words దుఃఖము duhkhamu, స్వతః swatak, or, swataha. It is denominated విసర్గ Visarga and pronounced Aha and is used only in Sanskrit words.

(p. 1) a a.1. The first letter of the Telugu alphabet as of many others. Hence the phrase అ ఆలు formed like the word 'alphabet' from the first two letters in the series, means the whole of the Tel. alphabet. See ఓనమాలు and వర్ణమాల. అకారము is the letter or sound of a, the term కారము being added to each letter in naming it. అకారాదిగా beginning with the letter అ seriatim, i.e., in alphabetical order. The letter అ has the same shape as the Eng. 'A' reversed. but is quite rounded off, and represents like its Semitic prototype 'the horns of an ox' (Taylor.) The stroke / called తలకట్టు tala-kaṭṭu and placed over many consonants is popularly, though by mistake as pointed out by Burnell, taken to be the secondary form of అ. The letter అ has the same sound as the Eng. a in 'around.' 'delta','Victoria. ' It is the 'low-back-wide vowel formed by the jaws, pharynx and lips wide open' and is supposed to be inherent in consonants -- e. g., in బ b, ల l, జ j.

(p. 2) aṅkāriñcu ankārintsu. Hind. hankarna. v. i. To set sail. ఓడచాపలెత్తిపోవు.

(p. 3) aṅkiṇīlu ankiṇīlu. [Tel.] n. Trappings, ornaments of a saddle. See పట్టాభిరామాయణము.

(p. 3) aṅkusaṅkulu anku-sankulu. [Tel.] n. Possibility సాధ్యము.

(p. 4) aṅganyāsamu anga-nyāsamu. [Skt.] n. Touching various parts of the body as a religious ceremony.

(p. 4) aṅgamaccamu anga-maṭṭsamu. [Tel.] n. Mark, trace, sign, track. 'మార్గంబున దైత్యుని యంగమచ్ఛములు గన్గొన.' రామా. v. 264.

(p. 6) aṅgu angu. [Tel.] n. Beauty, agreeableness. అందము, ఒప్పిదము. అంగు adj. Agreeable, pleasant, handsome. అందమైన, ఒప్పిదమైన. అంగుగా angugā. adv. Agreeably. అంగుగానుండే clean limbed, well proportioned. Also helpful, useful, convenient.

(p. 6) aṅghri anghṛi. [Skt.] n. The foot. పాదము. అంఘ్రవము n. A tree. చెట్టు. అంఘ్రవర్ణిక n. A plant. (Hedysarum lagopodoides.) కోలపొన్న. ముయ్యాకుపొన్న.

(p. 6) añca anṭsa. [Tel. & Kan.] Also అంచె. The post or mail for letters. అంచలంచలుగా పోయినారు they proceeded by relays. అంచలగుర్రాలమీద పోయిరా they rode post.

(p. 7) añca antsạ. [Vikriti of హంస.] n. A swan. అంచయాన a woman that walks as gracefully as a swan. అంచరవుతు Brahma who rides on a swan.

(p. 7) añca anṭsa. [from అంచు] affix. Near, with, by. వద్ద.

(p. 7) añcana or అంచనా anṭsana. [Tel.] n. An estimate, valuation, an appraisement. తుకము; చేసుకోయకమునుపు పంట ఆకళింపుచేయడము. అంచనాచూచు or వేయు to estimate crops, &c. అంచనాదారుడు an appraiser, an officer who estimates the quantity of corn in a field, or of the salt in a heap. నిలువు అంచనా, an estimate of the produce of a field before it is cut. కుప్ప అంచనా an estimate of the produce of a field after it is cut and heaped. అంచనా౛ాబితా an account of the estimated quantity of each ryot's produce.

(p. 7) añcapadamu anṭsa-padamu. [From Skt. Not in use.] హంసపాదము or హంసపాది n. (lit. a swan's foot.) The mark used for 'caret.'