எக்கு

Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkːʊ/, [ɛkːɯ]

Etymology

Compare எஃகு (eḥku, “to climb, reach up”).

Cognates

Cognate with Gondi ఎక్ (ek, “to climb; to rise as the sun”), Kannada ಎಕ್ಕು (ekku, “to climb up”), Koya ఎక్ (ek, “to climb; to rise as the sun”) Malayalam എക്കുക (ekkuka), Telugu ఎక్కు (ekku), Tulu ಎಕ್ಕಲ್ಯುನಿ (ekkalyuni, “to stretch the body, spring up”).[1]

Verb

எக்கு • (ekku)

  1. (intransitive) to be heaped up, as sand on the shore
    Synonym: குவி (kuvi)
  2. (intransitive) to rise, go up
  3. (transitive) to force through, as one's way in a crowd
  4. (transitive) to draw in, contract the abdominal muscles (as persons while dressing round the waist, as a cow in refusing to give milk)
  5. (transitive) to squirt, throw up, as water
  6. (transitive) to stand on tip-toe
    Synonym: எட்டு (eṭṭu)

Conjugation

Conjugation of எக்கு (ekku)

Derived terms

  • எக்குத்தக்கு (ekkuttakku)
  • எக்குத்தப்பு (ekkuttappu)

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 76.

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