அமை
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
[edit]அமை • (amai)
- (intransitive) to become still, quiet, to subside
- to be satisfied, contented
- to prepare
- to submit, acquiesce, agree
- கெழுதகைமை செய் தாங் கமையாக்கடை
- keḻutakaimai cey tāṅ kamaiyākkaṭai
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (grammar) to be regularized (as irregular expressions)
- வழுவா யினும் ஏற்புடையதாதல். பொருள் வேறுபட்டு வழீஇ யமையுமாறு
- vaḻuvā yiṉum ēṟpuṭaiyatātal. poruḷ vēṟupaṭṭu vaḻī’i yamaiyumāṟu
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to be settled, fixed up
- அந்த வீடு எனக் கமைந்தது
- anta vīṭu eṉak kamaintatu
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to crowd together, be close
- to be attached, connected, joined
- to suffice
- to abide, remain
- to be practicable
- செய்யக் கூடியதாதல். காரியம் . . . அமையுமாயினும்
- ceyyak kūṭiyatātal. kāriyam . . . amaiyumāyiṉum
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to be suitable, appropriate
- to be complete
- to come to an end, be finished
- to be non-existent
- to occur, happen
- to be excellent, glorious
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of அமை (amai)
Etymology 2
[edit]causative of அமை (amai).
Verb
[edit]அமை • (amai)
- to effect, accomplish
- to create
- to inlay
- to appoint, institute, ordain
- (grammar) to regularize (as irregular expressions)
- to cause to be still, patient
- to bring together
- to bear with, tolerate
- to control, keep in subjection
- to prepare, get ready
- to get into possession, get over to one's interest
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of அமை (amai)
Etymology 3
[edit]From அமை (amai).
Noun
[edit]அமை • (amai)
- fitness
- bamboo
- அமையொடு வேய் கலாம் வெற்ப
- amaiyoṭu vēy kalām veṟpa
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- beauty
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]அமை • (amai)
- new moon
- அமையதனின் மாளயந்தா னாற்றுவ ரேல்
- amaiyataṉiṉ māḷayantā ṉāṟṟuva rēl
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936) “அமை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “அமை-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “அமை-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “அமை”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House