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Bandicoot

2 stages from Telugu to English.

Today it means a large ratlike rodent, or an Australian marsupial of similar appearance
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Stage 1 of 2
pandi-kokku
Telugu · medieval
"pig-rat"
literally "pig-rat", describing the large rodent
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Stage 2 of 2
bandicoot
English · 1700s-1800s
"a large rat-like marsupial or rodent"
adopted through British colonial contact in South India
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