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)

  1. to pluck
  2. to pull up
  3. to abandon, leave off, give up
  4. to pound in a mortar, husk
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps a causative of the above verb?”

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

Verb edit

குறு (kuṟu) (intransitive)

  1. to become short
  2. (Kongu) to contract, diminish, shrink
Conjugation edit

References edit

  • 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.