இழை

• IPA^(key): /ɪɻɐɪ̯/

Inherited from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀵𑁃 (iḻai).

இழை • (iḻai) (intransitive)

1. to be reeled
2. (colloquial) to rub against (as the shoots of the bamboo tree)

   Synonym: உராய் (urāy)

3. (Kongu) to become soft and pasty (as boiled rice by being kept over the fire too long)
4. (colloquial) to associate very intimately
5. to have tender emotions (as love)
6. to be together (as husband and wife)

   Synonym: கூடு (kūṭu)

7. (Kongu) to copulate (as snakes)

   Synonym: பிணை (piṇai)

8. to breathe in a scarcely audible manner
9. to agree, be in accord

   Synonym: மனம்பொருந்து (maṉamporuntu)

இழை • (iḻai)

1. yarn

   Synonym: நூல் (nūl)

2. darning

   Synonym: நூலிழை (nūliḻai)

3. ornament

   Synonym: ஆபரணம் (āparaṇam)

4. kind of necklace, garland
5. (Kongu) string tied about the wrist for a vow

Causative of இழை (iḻai)

இழை • (iḻai) (transitive)

1. to spin
2. to make, do, construct

   Synonym: செய் (cey)

3. to turn over in one's mind, deliberate, calmly consider

   Synonym: சூழ் (cūḻ)

4. to plane, scrape off

   Synonym: செதுக்கு (cetukku)

5. to grind into fine powder
6. to make soft (as fine powder)
7. to set (as precious stones)
8. to utter, say

   Synonym: கூறு (kūṟu)

9. to appoint, determine, fix

   Synonym: விதி (viti)

10. to paint, draw, daub

    Synonym: வரை (varai)

11. to take, accept

    Synonym: அமை (amai)

12. to store up
13. to determine; take a vow

    Synonym: சங்கற்பி (caṅkaṟpi)

14. (colloquial) to rub so as to be dissolved, as a pill in honey or milk
15. (colloquial) to divide into strands (as a thread)
16. to squeeze the flesh so as to give pain

    Synonym: நிமிண்டு (nimiṇṭu)

17. (Kongu) to select, pick out, separate; cull (as cotton)
18. (Jaffna) to braid (as mats); plait, weave

    Synonym: பின்னு (piṉṉu)

19. to scrutinize
20. (intransitive) to breathe hard

    Synonym: மெலி (meli)

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “இழை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press