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Tamil
Etymology
From நல்- (nal-) + -கு (-ku), the first element from Proto-Dravidian *nal. Cognate with Malayalam നൽകുക (nalkuka).
Pronunciation
Verb
நல்கு • (nalku)
- to grant, bestow, provide, gift (out of goodwill or favouritism)
- Synonyms: ஈ (ī), கொடு (koṭu), அளி (aḷi), தா (tā)
Conjugation
Conjugation of நல்கு (nalku)
References
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “நல்கு”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “நல்கு-தல்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]