தேய்
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Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Kannada ತೇ (tē) and Malayalam തേയുക (tēyuka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]தேய் • (tēy)
- to brush, rub, scrub, clean
- to become worn out (after being used for a long time, like clothes, CDs, tapes, etc.)
- to wane, fade, decrease, lessen
- to become thin, underweight
- Synonym: மெலி (meli)
Conjugation
[edit]Intransitive
[edit]Conjugation of தேய் (tēy)
Transitive
[edit]Conjugation of தேய் (tēy)
References
[edit]- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தேய்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தேய்-தல்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தேய்-த்தல்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]