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Tamil
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- to eat
- to think
நின்பெருமுலை மூழ்க வென்னுளத்தினிற் றொடாமுன்- niṉperumulai mūḻka veṉṉuḷattiṉiṟ ṟoṭāmuṉ
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- 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
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- to fasten, insert
கிண்கிணி களைந்தகா லொண்கழ றொட்டு- kiṇkiṇi kaḷaintakā loṇkaḻa ṟoṭṭu
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- 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 : Diocesan Press