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This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Tamil கப்பு (kappu, “to cover”), Kannada ಕಪ್ಪು (kappu, “to cover”).

IPA^(key): /kapːu/
Rhymes: -ప్పు

కప్పు • (kappu) ? (plural కప్పులు)

a covering, a cover
the outside of anything, the husk of grain

కప్పు • (kappu)

to cover

కప్పుకొను (kappukonu, “to cover oneself with”)

"కప్పు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 245