From Halegannada ಪೂ (pū), ಪೂವು (pūvu), from Proto-Dravidian *pū (“flower”). Cognate with Tamil பூ (pū), Malayalam പൂവ് (pūvŭ), Telugu పువ్వు (puvvu). Doublet of dialectal ಪೂವು (pūvu).
ಹೂವು • (hūvu) f