விடு

Cognate with Kannada ಬಿಡು (biḍu), Malayalam വിടുക (viṭuka), Telugu విడు (viḍu), Brahui بِٹِنْگ (biṭiṅg).

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪɖʊ/, [ʋɪɖɯ]

விடு • (viṭu)

1. (transitive) to leave, quit, part with
2. to remove
3. to get rid of
4. to split, separate, disentangle
5. to abandon, forsake
6. to let go
7. to dispatch, send away
8. to liberate, set free, release
9. to leave off, discontinue
10. to omit, leave out
11. to end, finish, conclude
12. to emit, issue, discharge, give out, let out
13. to send forth, discharge
14. to throw
15. to pour
16. to give, bestow
17. to say, tell
18. to describe in detail
19. to publish, expose
20. to permit, let, allow
21. to indicate, point out
22. to express, give out
23. to form
24. to solve
25. (intransitive) to be separated, divided
26. to be opened
27. to loosen, release
28. to blossom
29. to appear, be formed
30. to increase
31. to stay
32. to cease, stop
33. to be split, broken or cracked
34. to be let off, discontinued
35. to leave interspace (as in writing)
36. to pause (in reading)
37. to lose strength
38. to become loose, disjointed
39. to be cut
40. (auxiliary) an auxiliary verb having the force of certainty, intensity

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “விடு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.