சுடு
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Tamil[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Kannada ಸುಡು (suḍu), Tulu ಚುಡ್ (cuḍŭ), Malayalam ചുടുക (cuṭuka), Telugu చూడు (cūḍu), Kodava [script needed] (cuḍu), Kolami [script needed] (suḍu).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
சுடு • (cuṭu)
- (intransitive) to be hot, burn
- Synonym: காய் (kāy)
- (transitive) to warm, heat
- Synonym: காயச்செய் (kāyaccey)
- to burn up
- Synonym: எரி (eri)
- to roast, toast, bake, fry, steam
- to burn (as bricks in a kiln)
- to calcine, as medicine
- to cauterize, brand
- Synonym: சூடிடு (cūṭiṭu)
- to fire (as a gun, fireworks etc.)
- Synonym: வெடிசுடு (veṭicuṭu)
- to mortify (as the flesh), to injure (as one's feelings), to inflict pain
- Synonym: வருத்து (varuttu)
- to destroy, ruin
- Synonym: கெடு (keṭu)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of சுடு (cuṭu)
References[edit]
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “சுடு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press