ஊரு

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Irula

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ūr, cognate with Tamil ஊர் (ūr), Kannada ಊರು (ūru), Tulu ಊರು (ūru), Telugu ఊరు (ūru) and Malayalam ഊര് (ūrŭ).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /uːɾʉ/

Noun

ஊரு (uːrü)

  1. village, town

References

  • Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil, University of California, Los Angeles, page 25

Tamil

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See ஊர் (ūr).

Noun

ஊரு (ūru) (dialectal, colloquial, Bangalore)

  1. place, town, village; alternative form of ஊர் (ūr)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऊरु (ūru).

Noun

ஊரு (ūru) (literary)

  1. thigh
    Synonym: தொடை (toṭai)
Declension
u-stem declension of ஊரு (ūru)
Singular Plural
Nominative ஊரு
ūru
ஊருகள்
ūrukaḷ
Vocative ஊரே
ūrē
ஊருகளே
ūrukaḷē
Accusative ஊரை
ūrai
ஊருகளை
ūrukaḷai
Dative ஊருக்கு
ūrukku
ஊருகளுக்கு
ūrukaḷukku
Genitive ஊருடைய
ūruṭaiya
ஊருகளுடைய
ūrukaḷuṭaiya
Singular Plural
Nominative ஊரு
ūru
ஊருகள்
ūrukaḷ
Vocative ஊரே
ūrē
ஊருகளே
ūrukaḷē
Accusative ஊரை
ūrai
ஊருகளை
ūrukaḷai
Dative ஊருக்கு
ūrukku
ஊருகளுக்கு
ūrukaḷukku
Benefactive ஊருக்காக
ūrukkāka
ஊருகளுக்காக
ūrukaḷukkāka
Genitive 1 ஊருடைய
ūruṭaiya
ஊருகளுடைய
ūrukaḷuṭaiya
Genitive 2 ஊரின்
ūriṉ
ஊருகளின்
ūrukaḷiṉ
Locative 1 ஊரில்
ūril
ஊருகளில்
ūrukaḷil
Locative 2 ஊரிடம்
ūriṭam
ஊருகளிடம்
ūrukaḷiṭam
Sociative 1 ஊரோடு
ūrōṭu
ஊருகளோடு
ūrukaḷōṭu
Sociative 2 ஊருடன்
ūruṭaṉ
ஊருகளுடன்
ūrukaḷuṭaṉ
Instrumental ஊரால்
ūrāl
ஊருகளால்
ūrukaḷāl
Ablative ஊரிலிருந்து
ūriliruntu
ஊருகளிலிருந்து
ūrukaḷiliruntu

References

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