நெருக்கு

Causative of நெருங்கு (neruṅku).

• IPA^(key): /n̪ɛɾʊkːʊ/, [n̪ɛɾʊkːɯ]

நெருக்கு • (nerukku)

1. to put close; set thick
2. to circumscribe, contract

   Synonym: சுருக்கு (curukku)

3. to press hard, exert pressure upon
4. to squeeze, bruise, mash

   Synonym: நசுக்கு (nacukku)

5. to oppress, persecute, distress

   Synonym: வருத்து (varuttu)

6. to urge, importune, solicit earnestly
7. to choke, smother, throttle

   Synonym: அமுக்கு (amukku)

8. (Kongu) to compel, force, coerce
9. (Kongu) to attack, assail, assault
10. (Kongu, intransitive) to be frequent; persevere
11. to rage, prevail (as famine); be severe (as epidemics); be abundant (as rain)

    Synonym: உர (ura)

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