காப்பு

From கா (kā, “to guard, protect”) +‎ -ப்பு (-ppu).

• IPA^(key): /kaːpːʊ/, [kaːpːɯ]

காப்பு • (kāppu)

1. watching, caution, vigilance, preservation, defence, guard, protection
2. a thing that which serves as a protective
3. Synonym of காப்புநாண் (kāppunāṇ)
4. a string or cord tied around medicinal plants with mantras either by way preserving them from injury, or by way of attenuating their pernicious effects before using them in medicine.
5. invocation of deities at the commencement of a poem to facilitate its successful completion
6. Synonym of காப்புப்பருவம் (kāppupparuvam)
7. sacred ashes, as an amulet
8. bangle, bracelet, anklet
9. fence, hedge
10. surrounding wall, fortification
11. a mound within a fort
12. door
13. a bolt of a door
14. royal seal
15. the running cord connecting the leaves of a cadjan manuscript
16. a place of special protection
17. a village, as in a pastoral region
18. guardian deities of the eight points of the compass
19. prison
20. sandals
21. objects of enjoyment by a king

• → Sinhalese: කාප්පුව (kāppuwa)

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “காப்பு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press