[Tel.] n. A hand The arm. A sleeve. An elephant’s trunk. Five (in counting, as three hands, i.e., fifteen.) araceyyi or loceyyi the palm of the hand. midiceyyi or mijeyithe back of the hand. munjeyyi the wrist. moceyyi the elbow. dandaceyyi the upper arm. ceyidamu, ceyidi or ceydu cheyidamu. [Tel. from ceyu.] n. An act, action, doing. krtyamu, cesta. “cetakaniceyidamulu ceyaka.” M. XII. ii. 415. ceyipattu cheyi-pattu. v. n. To adopt, protect, take by the hand. To seize or ravish a woman. To marry. To foster. ceyyinralalalu or cevralu cheyi-vralu. n. Handwriting, a signature. varandaru oka ceyyiganunnaru they are all hand in hand, hand and glove with each other. a pani ceyyikudivaccinadi the business turned out well. cetikindimanisi a servant, a slave.cetipani hand-work. cetisommu money in hand, cash. atani cetivadu one of his creatures or hangers on. ceyyivela sale for ready money. rokkapu vela. ceyyi saginantalo when your hand is in, when you have the opportunity. In some phrases the word may be left untranslated: as na cetikiccenu he gave it to me; lit. to my hand ceyikavali means a supply of rice, &c., provided for dinner at a future stage in a journey.ceyyikavaliki nalugu rupayalu ettipettukonnadu he laid up something to meet contingencies. karidiceyyi addamu like a looking glass in the hand of a bear. cetakani idle, paltry, incapable. In some compounds it means extra, as ceyyikavali or ceyyijagrata a reserve, or extra ground; ceyyitadi arakamundu tirciveyyi do it before your hand cools. ceyyiyite a small spear. talapuceyyi a key. nicetinunci tagulutundi, or,ceyyikarucunu you will have to lay out some money. ceyyicesikonu to handle, interfere, meddle with, to use the hand: to take the law into one’s own hands and beat. ceyyividucu to abandon, desert, give over (a person.) ceyyicucu to feel the pulse. ceyyitirigina cheyyi-tirigina. adj. Experienced, expert, handy. ceyuvu or ceyvu cheyuvu. n. An act, an action.