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Tamil
Etymology 1
Cognate with Telugu తూగు (tūgu), Telugu తూకొను (tūkonu), Malayalam തൂക്കുക (tūkkuka).
Pronunciation
Verb
தூக்கு • (tūkku)
- (transitive) to lift, lift up, raise, take up; hoist, as a flag
- Synonym: உயர்த்து (uyarttu)
- to weigh, balance
- to consider, reflect, investigate
- Synonym: ஆராய்ச்சி செய் (ārāycci cey)
- to compare
- Synonym: ஒப்புநோக்கு (oppunōkku)
- to have in view, expect
- to hang, suspend
- Synonym: தொங்கவிடு (toṅkaviṭu)
- short for தூக்கிலிடு (tūkkiliṭu, to execute by hanging)
- to lift up (as one from a pit), to lend a helping hand
- to weigh anchor
- to shake, agitate, cause motion
- Synonym: அசை (acai)
- to take by storm; to overpower, as a strong sweet smell
- வாசனை ஊரைத் தூக்குகிறது ― vācaṉai ūrait tūkkukiṟatu ― The odor overpowered the town
Conjugation
Conjugation of தூக்கு (tūkku)
Etymology 2
From the verb above. Cognate with Telugu తూచు (tūcu), Telugu తూకు (tūku), Malayalam തൂക്കു (tūkku) and Kannada ತೂಕ (tūka).
Noun
தூக்கு • (tūkku) (plural தூக்குகள்)
- pendant, anything suspended
- suspended network of rope supporting a pot
- Synonyms: உறி (uṟi), தூக்கணம் (tūkkaṇam)
- hook or rope to suspend anything; cord for carrying a parcel
- Synonym: மாட்டற்கொக்கி (māṭṭaṟkokki)
- (astrology) Libra
- Synonym: துலாம் (tulām)
- short for தூக்குமரம் (tūkkumaram)
- alternative form of தூக்கணாங்குருவி (tūkkaṇāṅkuruvi, baya, a weaverbird)
- balance
- Synonym: நிறைகோல் (niṟaikōl)
- weight
- Synonym: எடை (eṭai)
- heaviness
- Synonym: கனம் (kaṉam)
- a bazaar weight equal to 50 palams
- a standard weight equal to 1 tulām or 100 palams
- uneven state of balance
- Synonym: வாரடை (vāraṭai)
- தராசு தூக்காக இருக்கிறது ― tarācu tūkkāka irukkiṟatu ― The scale is uneven
- anything carried by hand, as in a basket
- yoke, piece of timber shaped to fit a person's shoulders and support pail, etc., at each end
- Synonym: காத்தண்டு (kāttaṇṭu)
- wooden frame of a plumb line
- Synonym: தூக்குமட்டப் பலகை (tūkkumaṭṭap palakai)
- plumb line
- Synonym: தூக்குநூல் (tūkkunūl)
- height, altitude
- Synonym: உயர்ச்சி (uyarcci)
- rise (as in prices)
- Synonym: ஏற்றம் (ēṟṟam)
- perpendicularity, steepness
- Synonym: செங்குத்து (ceṅkuttu)
- comparison, similitude
- Synonym: ஒப்பு (oppu)
- deliberation, weighing in mind, pondering
- Synonym: ஆராய்ச்சி (ārāycci)
- poem
- Synonym: செய்யுள் (ceyyuḷ)
- (prosody) a pause which helps in determining the metrical nature of a verse
- dancing
- Synonym: கூத்து (kūttu)
- music
- Synonym: இசை (icai)
- (music) a musical mode, of which there are seven kinds according to tāḷam
- (music) a variety of time-measure consisting of two mātras, corresponding to kuru
- guru
Declension
See also
References
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “தூக்கு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “தூக்கு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press