திருகு
Appearance
Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Telugu తిరుగు (tirugu), Kannada ತಿರಿಗು (tirigu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]திருகு • (tiruku) (transitive)
- to wring off, to twist off
- to twist, to turn
- to wrest away, to snatch
- to crook, to crumple, to make tortuous
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of திருகு (tiruku)
Derived terms
[edit](Nouns)
- திருகுகள்ளி (tirukukaḷḷi), திருகுக்கள்ளி (tirukukkaḷḷi, “Euphorbia tortilis”)
Further reading
[edit]- Winslow, Miron (1862) Winslow's a Comprehensive Tamil-English Dictionary[1], Madras: Hunt, page 590 (Reprint: New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 1979.)