போ
Irula
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Dravidian *pō-. Cognate with Tamil போ (pō), Malayalam പോകുക (pōkuka), Telugu పోవు (pōvu), and Kannada ಹೋಗು (hōgu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]போ (pō)
Tamil
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Letter
[edit]போ • (pō) (no case)
- the alphasyllabic compound of ப் (p) + ஓ (ō)
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *pō-. Cognate with Malayalam പോകുക (pōkuka), Telugu పోవు (pōvu), and Kannada ಹೋಗು (hōgu).
Alternative forms
[edit]- போகு (pōku)
Verb
[edit]போ • (pō) (intransitive)
- to go, go away, proceed, depart
- Synonym: செல் (cel)
- ஓட்டலுக்குப் போவோம். ― ōṭṭalukkup pōvōm. ― Let's go to the hotel.
- to reach a destination
- Synonym: அடை (aṭai)
- to go by, pass over; to lapse
- Synonym: கழி (kaḻi)
- to lie, pass through, as a path
- to separate
- Synonym: பிரி (piri)
- to leave, abandon
- Synonym: நீங்கு (nīṅku)
- to vanish, disappear
- Synonym: மறை (maṟai)
- to be missing, to be lost
- Synonym: காணாமற்போ (kāṇāmaṟpō)
- (euphemistic) to die, pass away
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:சா
- (arithmetic) to be subtracted
- (arithmetic) to be divided
- (auxiliary) used with the verbal participle of verbs to express a change of state with a usually negative meaning
- சட்டை கிழிந்து போகவில்லை. ― caṭṭai kiḻintu pōkavillai. ― The shirt didn't tear.
- (auxiliary) used directly after an infinitive to form the periphrastic future tense.
- நான் சாப்பிடப் போகிறேன். ― nāṉ cāppiṭap pōkiṟēṉ. ― I am going to eat.
- (auxiliary) used to emphasize the meaning of the main verb.
- Synonym: -ஏ (-ē)
- அசந்து போய் விட்டான் ― acantu pōy viṭṭāṉ ― He was stunned.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of போ (pō)
Alternatively, the third singular neuter past can also be "போயிற்று (pōyiṟṟu)".
Derived terms
[edit]- கொண்டுபோ (koṇṭupō)
- நின்றுபோ (niṉṟupō)
- பின்னாற்போ (piṉṉāṟpō)
- பொழுதுபோ (poḻutupō)
- போகட்டும் (pōkaṭṭum)
- போகப்போக (pōkappōka)
- போகவிடு (pōkaviṭu)
- போகுகாலம் (pōkukālam)
- போக்கடி (pōkkaṭi)
- போன (pōṉa)
- போய் (pōy)
- போய்வா (pōyvā)
- போய்வாரும் (pōyvārum)
- போய்விட்டுவா (pōyviṭṭuvā)
- வயிற்றாலேபோ (vayiṟṟālēpō)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936), “போ-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “போ”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]
Further reading
[edit]- “போ”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023
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