Tamil edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

அமை (amai)

  1. (intransitive) to become still, quiet, to subside
  2. to be satisfied, contented
  3. to prepare
  4. to submit, acquiesce, agree
    கெழுதகைமை செய் தாங் கமையாக்கடை
    keḻutakaimai cey tāṅ kamaiyākkaṭai
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (grammar) to be regularized (as irregular expressions)
    வழுவா யினும் ஏற்புடையதாதல். பொருள் வேறுபட்டு வழீஇ யமையுமாறு
    vaḻuvā yiṉum ēṟpuṭaiyatātal. poruḷ vēṟupaṭṭu vaḻī’i yamaiyumāṟu
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. to be settled, fixed up
    அந்த வீடு எனக் கமைந்தது
    anta vīṭu eṉak kamaintatu
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. to crowd together, be close
  8. to be attached, connected, joined
  9. to suffice
  10. to abide, remain
  11. to be practicable
    செய்யக் கூடியதாதல். காரியம் . . . அமையுமாயினும்
    ceyyak kūṭiyatātal. kāriyam . . . amaiyumāyiṉum
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  12. to be suitable, appropriate
  13. to be complete
  14. to come to an end, be finished
  15. to be non-existent
  16. to occur, happen
  17. to be excellent, glorious
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

causative of அமை (amai).

Verb edit

அமை (amai)

  1. to effect, accomplish
  2. to create
  3. to inlay
  4. to appoint, institute, ordain
  5. (grammar) to regularize (as irregular expressions)
  6. to cause to be still, patient
  7. to bring together
  8. to bear with, tolerate
  9. to control, keep in subjection
  10. to prepare, get ready
  11. to get into possession, get over to one's interest
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

From அமை (amai).

Noun edit

அமை (amai)

  1. fitness
  2. bamboo
    அமையொடு வேய் கலாம் வெற்ப
    amaiyoṭu vēy kalām veṟpa
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. beauty

Etymology 4 edit

From Sanskrit अमा (amā).

Noun edit

அமை (amai)

  1. new moon
    அமையதனின் மாளயந்தா னாற்றுவ ரேல்
    amaiyataṉiṉ māḷayantā ṉāṟṟuva rēl
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References edit

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “அமை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “அமை-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “அமை-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  • Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “அமை”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House