திருகு
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Tamil[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Telugu తిరుగు (tirugu), Kannada ತಿರಿಗು (tirigu).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
திருகு • (tiruku) (transitive)
- to wring off, to twist off
- to twist, to turn
- to wrest away, to snatch
- to crook, to crumple, to make tortuous
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of திருகு (tiruku)
Derived terms[edit]
(Nouns)
- திருகுகள்ளி (tirukukaḷḷi), திருகுக்கள்ளி (tirukukkaḷḷi, “Euphorbia tortilis”)
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.)