தூங்கு

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam തൂങ്ങുക (tūṅṅuka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪uːŋɡu/, [t̪uːŋɡɯ]

Verb

தூங்கு (tūṅku)

  1. to sleep
    Synonyms: உறங்கு (uṟaṅku), துயில் (tuyil)
    நான் தூங்க போகிறேன்
    nāṉ tūṅka pōkiṟēṉ
    I'm going to sleep

Usage notes

உறங்கு (uṟaṅku) is the formal way of saying 'sleep' while தூங்கு (tūṅku) is the informal or more commonly used word for 'sleep.'

Conjugation

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