குறு
Appearance
Tamil
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Telugu కోర (kōra, “a cut-off portion”), Malayalam കുറെക്ക (kuṟekka, “to cut off”), Kannada ಕೊಱೆ (koṟe, “to cut, break, bore”).[1]
Verb
[edit]குறு • (kuṟu) (transitive)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of குறு (kuṟu)
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps a causative of the verb above.?”) Cognate with Telugu కురుచ (kuruca, “short”), Malayalam കുറു (kuṟu, “short, little, brief”), Kannada ಕುಱು (kuṟu, “smallness”).[2]
Verb
[edit]குறு • (kuṟu) (intransitive)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of குறு (kuṟu)
References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936) “குறு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 168.