இடு
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Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Malayalam ഇടുക (iṭuka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]இடு • (iṭu)
- (transitive) to lay, place
- (transitive) to add
- (transitive) to sprinkle
- (transitive) to give, distribute
- (transitive) to put on ornaments
- (auxiliary) joined to the past active participle of other verbs to create an emphatic sense of having done something thoroughly
- பண்ணி (paṇṇi), past participle of பண்ணு (paṇṇu) + இட்டேன் (iṭṭēṉ, first-person singular past tense of இடு (iṭu)) → பண்ணிட்டேன் (paṇṇiṭṭēṉ, “I did, I have done thoroughly”)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of இடு (iṭu)
References
[edit]- Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “இடு”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House