திருகு

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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]

Derived terms[edit]

(Nouns)

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.)