உலை
Tamil edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Verb edit
உலை • (ulai)
- (intransitive) to be disordered, as ones affairs; to become deranged, unsettled, loose; to degenerate in morals or character
- Synonym: நிலைகுலை (nilaikulai)
- to perish, be ruined, as crops, land or houses
- Synonym: அழி (aḻi)
- to be afraid, agitated
- Synonym: அஞ்சு (añcu)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-South-Dravidian *ol-ay, from Proto-Dravidian *col-ay, from *col (“fireplace, hearth”). Compare Kannada ಒಲೆ (ole).
Noun edit
உலை • (ulai)
References edit
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “உலை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press