விடு
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Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Kannada ಬಿಡು (biḍu), Malayalam വിടുക (viṭuka), Telugu విడు (viḍu), Brahui بِٹِنْگ (biṭiṅg).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]விடு • (viṭu)
- (transitive) to leave, quit, part with
- to remove
- to get rid of
- to split, separate, disentangle
- to abandon, forsake
- to let go
- to dispatch, send away
- to liberate, set free, release
- to leave off, discontinue
- to omit, leave out
- to end, finish, conclude
- to emit, issue, discharge, give out, let out
- to send forth, discharge
- to throw
- to pour
- to give, bestow
- to say, tell
- to describe in detail
- to publish, expose
- to permit, let, allow
- to indicate, point out
- to express, give out
- to form
- to solve
- (intransitive) to be separated, divided
- to be opened
- to loosen, release
- to blossom
- to appear, be formed
- to increase
- to stay
- to cease, stop
- to be split, broken or cracked
- to be let off, discontinued
- to leave interspace (as in writing)
- to pause (in reading)
- to lose strength
- to become loose, disjointed
- to be cut
- (auxiliary) an auxiliary verb having the force of certainty, intensity
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of விடு (viṭu)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936) “விடு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.