கூட

Tamil

Etymology

From the infinitive of கூடு (kūṭu, “to gather, congregate”). Cognate with Kannada ಕೂಡ (kūḍa), Malayalam കൂടെ (kūṭe), Telugu కూడా (kūḍā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːɖɐ/

Particle

கூட • (kūṭa)

1. even

   இதைக் கூட உன்னால் செய்ய முடியாதா?

   itaik kūṭa uṉṉāl ceyya muṭiyātā?

   You can't even do this?

   இவனுக்கு அது கூட தெரியாதா?

   ivaṉukku atu kūṭa teriyātā?

   He doesn't even know that?

Adverb

கூட • (kūṭa)

1. also, and, in addition to
2. with

   குழந்தைக் கூட விளையாடு.

   kuḻantaik kūṭa viḷaiyāṭu.

   Play with the child.

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “கூட”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]