திருப்பு

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Tamil[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Causative of திரும்பு (tirumpu).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t̪ɪɾʊpːʊ/, [t̪ɪɾʊpːɯ]

Verb[edit]

திருப்பு (tiruppu)

  1. to cause to return, send back
  2. (transitive) to turn, deflect, cause to turn in a different direction
  3. to twist, wring, distort
  4. to translate, render into a different language
  5. to revise, as a lesson
  6. to invert, turn upside down
  7. to wind up a clock
  8. to redeem, as a mortgage
  9. to return, give back, restore
  10. to shake, revolve
  11. to cure a disease, to avert a disaster by magic
  12. to return an evil spirit to the one who sent it, by counter magic
  13. to turn over, as the pages of a book

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