தொடு

Tamil

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *toṭV- (to hold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ɔɖʊ/, [t̪ɔɖɯ]

Verb

தொடு • (toṭu)

  1. (transitive) to touch
  2. to handle, take hold of, use
  3. to be connected, united with, or joined to
  4. to put on (as a ring, clothes)
    சுறாவே றெழுதிய மோதிரந் தொட்டாள்
    cuṟāvē ṟeḻutiya mōtiran toṭṭāḷ
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. to dig, scoop out, excavate
    குணாஅது கரைபொரு தொடுகடற் குணக்கும்
    kuṇā’atu karaiporu toṭukaṭaṟ kuṇakkum
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. to pierce through
    உழலை மரத்தைப் போற் றொட்டன வேறு
    uḻalai marattaip pōṟ ṟoṭṭaṉa vēṟu
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. to begin
    அன்றுதொட் டனங்கனே யாயினான்
    aṉṟutoṭ ṭaṉaṅkaṉē yāyiṉāṉ
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  8. to discharge (as an arrow or missile)
    கடுங்கணைக டம்மைத் தொட்டனன்
    kaṭuṅkaṇaika ṭammait toṭṭaṉaṉ
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  9. to eat
  10. to think
    நின்பெருமுலை மூழ்க வென்னுளத்தினிற் றொடாமுன்
    niṉperumulai mūḻka veṉṉuḷattiṉiṟ ṟoṭāmuṉ
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  11. to play (as a musical instrument), to beat (as a drum)
    வாச்சி யம் வாசித்தல். கலித்த வியவ ரியந்தொட் டன்ன
    vācci yam vācittal. kalitta viyava riyantoṭ ṭaṉṉa
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  12. to fasten, insert
    கிண்கிணி களைந்தகா லொண்கழ றொட்டு
    kiṇkiṇi kaḷaintakā loṇkaḻa ṟoṭṭu
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  13. to strike, beat
  14. to strain, squeeze out
  15. to take up, lift
  16. to wash (as clothes)
  17. to have illicit intercourse with another's wife
  18. to wear (as shoes)
  19. (intransitive) to occur, happen, come into being

Conjugation

References

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