குறு

Tamil

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʊrʊ/, [kʊrɯ]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Telugu కోర (kōra​, “a cut-off portion”), Malayalam കുറെക്ക (kuṟekka​, “to cut off”), Kannada ಕೊಱೆ (koṟe, “to cut, break, bore”).[1]

Verb

குறு • (kuṟu) (transitive)

  1. to pluck
  2. to pull up
  3. to abandon, leave off, give up
  4. to pound in a mortar, husk
Conjugation
Conjugation of குறு (kuṟu)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Telugu కురుచ (kuruca, “short”), Malayalam കുറു (kuṟu, “short, little, brief”), Kannada ಕುಱು (kuṟu, “smallness”).[2]

Verb

குறு • (kuṟu) (intransitive)

  1. to become short
  2. (Kongu) to contract, diminish, shrink
Conjugation
Conjugation of குறு (kuṟu)

References
  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “குறு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  1. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.
  2. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 168.
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