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]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʊɖʊ/, [sʊɖɯ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

சுடு (cuṭu)

  1. (intransitive) to be hot, burn
    Synonym: காய் (kāy)
  2. (transitive) to warm, heat
    Synonym: காயச்செய் (kāyaccey)
  3. to burn up
    Synonym: எரி (eri)
  4. to roast, toast, bake, fry, steam
  5. to burn (as bricks in a kiln)
  6. to calcine, as medicine
  7. to cauterize, brand
    Synonym: சூடிடு (cūṭiṭu)
  8. to fire (as a gun, fireworks etc.)
    Synonym: வெடிசுடு (veṭicuṭu)
  9. to mortify (as the flesh), to injure (as one's feelings), to inflict pain
    Synonym: வருத்து (varuttu)
  10. to destroy, ruin
    Synonym: கெடு (keṭu)

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “சுடு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press