திருகு

Tamil edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Telugu తిరుగు (tirugu), Kannada ತಿರಿಗು (tirigu).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

திருகு (tiruku) (transitive)

  1. to wring off, to twist off
  2. to twist, to turn
  3. to wrest away, to snatch
  4. to crook, to crumple, to make tortuous

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • Winslow, Miron (1862) Winslow's a Comprehensive Tamil-English Dictionary[1], Madras: Hunt, page 590 (Reprint: New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 1979.)