கட்டு

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Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʈːɯ/
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Etymology 1

Cognate with Kannada ಕಟ್ಟು (kaṭṭu), Malayalam കെട്ടുക (keṭṭuka), Telugu కట్టు (kaṭṭu) and Tulu ಕಟ್ಟುನಿ (kaṭṭuni).

Verb

கட்டு (kaṭṭu) (transitive)

  1. to tie, bind, fasten, shackle
    Synonym: பிணி (piṇi)
  2. to build, construct, fix, erect
  3. to harden, condense, consolidate
  4. to compose (as verses)
  5. to establish (as a theory)
  6. to hug, embrace
    Synonyms: தழுவு (taḻuvu), அணை (aṇai)
  7. (figurative) to bind (by magic or magic spells)
  8. (figurative) to suborn
  9. to tie on, adorn with
    Synonym: அணி (aṇi)
  10. to wear, be dressed in; to put on, as clothes
    Synonyms: உடு (uṭu), போடு (pōṭu)
  11. to remit, pay up, pay
    Synonym: செலுத்து (celuttu)
  12. to support, sustain
    Synonym: பேணு (pēṇu)
  13. to fabricate, contrive, invent
  14. (Spoken Tamil) to marry (as it involves the tying of tali.)
  15. to store, gather together
  16. to export
  17. (rare) to acquire
  18. to shut up, close up
    Synonyms: சாத்து (cāttu), மூடு (mūṭu)
  19. to fill, as a tank with water
    Synonym: தேக்கு (tēkku)
  20. (archaic) to win, checkmate, overcome
    Synonym: வெல் (vel)

Verb

கட்டு (kaṭṭu) (intransitive)

  1. to harden, consolidate, form (as concretions); to congeal, coagulate
    Synonym: இறுகு (iṟuku)
  2. to be congested, as the throat
  3. to swell (as a boil or tumor)
  4. to be a bad omen, portend misfortune
  5. to overspread (as clouds)
  6. to be worthwhile
  7. to compare with, be equal to
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the above. Cognate with Kannada ಕಟ್ಟು (kaṭṭu) and Telugu కట్టు (kaṭṭu).

Noun

கட்டு (kaṭṭu) (countable)

  1. tie, band, fastening, ligature
  2. (medicine) bandage, splint, cast
  3. (pathology, oncology) boil, abscess, tumor
    Synonym: கட்டி (kaṭṭi)
  4. fabrication, falsehood, invention
  5. bounds, regulations of society, community law
  6. commandment, government
    Synonym: ஆணை (āṇai)
  7. social relationship, family connection
  8. bond, tie, attachment
  9. marriage
  10. bundle, packet, pack, bale
    Synonym: மூட்டை (mūṭṭai)
  11. (card games) a pack, set of playing cards
  12. dam, ridge, causeway
    Synonyms: அணை (aṇai), அணைக்கட்டு (aṇaikkaṭṭu)
  13. guard, sentry, watch, patrol
    Synonym: காவல் (kāval)
  14. fortification, protection, defence
    Synonym: அரண் (araṇ)
  15. building, structure
    Synonym: கட்டடம் (kaṭṭaṭam)
  16. class, section
    Synonym: வகுப்பு (vakuppu)
  17. tire of a wheel
  18. strength, firmness, certainty
  19. robust build, strong constitution
  20. surrounding, forcing into a corner, as in chess; encirclement
  21. abundance, plenty
  22. divination, foretelling events
  23. (dated) direction, instruction
  24. (dated) decorum
  25. (rare) side of a mountain
Derived terms

References

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