தள்ளு
Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *tal Cognate with Kannada ತಳ್ಳು (taḷḷu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]தள்ளு • (taḷḷu)
- (transitive) to push, force, forward, shove away
- (intransitive) to be removed
- Synonym: விலகு (vilaku)
- to be lost, to fail
- Synonym: தவறு (tavaṟu)
- to shrink, diminish
- Synonym: குன்று (kuṉṟu)
- to be unconscious, forgetful
- to stagger, reel, stumble
- Synonym: தடுமாறு (taṭumāṟu)
- to be able, be capable of
- Synonym: வலியுடைத்தா (valiyuṭaittā)
- to emerge, come out, protrude
- Synonym: வெளியேறு (veḷiyēṟu)
- to expel, cast off, excommunicate
- Synonym: புறம்பாக்கு (puṟampākku)
- to forsake, abandon, relinquish, renounce
- Synonym: கைவிடு (kaiviṭu)
- to reject, disapprove
- Synonym: அங்கீகரியாதிரு (aṅkīkariyātiru)
- to refute, confute
- Synonym: நிராகரி (nirākari)
- to neglect
- Synonym: உபேட்சி (upēṭci)
- to dismiss (as a suit)
- to refuse to admit
- to discharge from obligation, exemt, remit
- to deduct, subtract
- Synonym: கழி (kaḻi)
- to press down
- Synonym: அமுக்கு (amukku)
- to sever, cut off
- Synonym: வெட்டு (veṭṭu)
- to kill
- Synonym: கொல் (kol)
- to forget
- Synonym: மற (maṟa)
- to turn over, turn back
- to pass
- Synonym: காலங் கழி (kālaṅ kaḻi)
- (Sri Lanka) to launch, row, sail
- to incite, simulate
- Synonym: தூண்டு (tūṇṭu)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of தள்ளு (taḷḷu)
Descendants
[edit]- → Sinhalese: තල්ලුව (talluwa)
References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936) “தள்ளு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press