தொடு
Tamil
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *toṭV- (“to hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ɔɖʊ/, [t̪ɔɖɯ]
Verb
தொடு • (toṭu)
- (transitive) to touch
- to handle, take hold of, use
- to be connected, united with, or joined to
- to put on (as a ring, clothes)
- சுறாவே றெழுதிய மோதிரந் தொட்டாள்
- cuṟāvē ṟeḻutiya mōtiran toṭṭāḷ
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to dig, scoop out, excavate
- குணாஅது கரைபொரு தொடுகடற் குணக்கும்
- kuṇā’atu karaiporu toṭukaṭaṟ kuṇakkum
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- to pierce through
- உழலை மரத்தைப் போற் றொட்டன வேறு
- uḻalai marattaip pōṟ ṟoṭṭaṉa vēṟu
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to begin
- அன்றுதொட் டனங்கனே யாயினான்
- aṉṟutoṭ ṭaṉaṅkaṉē yāyiṉāṉ
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- to discharge (as an arrow or missile)
- கடுங்கணைக டம்மைத் தொட்டனன்
- kaṭuṅkaṇaika ṭammait toṭṭaṉaṉ
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to eat
- to think
- நின்பெருமுலை மூழ்க வென்னுளத்தினிற் றொடாமுன்
- niṉperumulai mūḻka veṉṉuḷattiṉiṟ ṟoṭāmuṉ
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 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)
- to fasten, insert
- கிண்கிணி களைந்தகா லொண்கழ றொட்டு
- kiṇkiṇi kaḷaintakā loṇkaḻa ṟoṭṭu
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to strike, beat
- to strain, squeeze out
- to take up, lift
- to wash (as clothes)
- to have illicit intercourse with another's wife
- to wear (as shoes)
- (intransitive) to occur, happen, come into being
Conjugation
Conjugation of தொடு (toṭu)
References
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “தொடு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
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