கல்வெட்டு

Tamil

Etymology

From கல் (kal, “stone”) +‎ வெட்டு (veṭṭu, “cutting, engraving”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐlʋɛʈːʊ/, [kɐlʋɛʈːɯ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

கல்வெட்டு • (kalveṭṭu)

1. inscription on stone, slab, tablet
2. (figurative) unalterable word, (as if engraved in stone)
3. stanza commemorative of the date of death of an ancestor
4. elegy

Derived terms

• கல்வெட்டியல் (kalveṭṭiyal)

 

References

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “கல்வெட்டு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press