குறு
Tamil edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(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 edit
குறு • (kuṟu) (transitive)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of குறு (kuṟu)
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Telugu కురుచ (kuruca, “short”), Malayalam കുറു (kuṟu, “short, little, brief”), Kannada ಕುಱು (kuṟu, “smallness”).[2]
Verb edit
குறு • (kuṟu) (intransitive)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of குறு (kuṟu)
References edit
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “குறு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kuṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 168.