கோ

• IPA^(key): /koː/

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From Proto-Dravidian *kō. Cognates include Malayalam കോ (kō).

கோ • (kō) (higher register)

1. king

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:மன்னன்

2. emperor

   Synonyms: பேரரசன் (pēraracaṉ), சக்கரவர்த்தி (cakkaravartti), மாமன்னன் (māmaṉṉaṉ)

3. (archaic) mountain

   Synonym: மலை (malai)

Cognate with Malayalam കോയുക (kōyuka) and Kannada ಕೋ (kō). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• கோர் (kōr) — probably a hypercorrection

கோ • (kō) (transitive)

1. to string, insert, thread (flowers, beads, files)

   ஊசியில் நூலை கோ.

   ūciyil nūlai kō.

   Thread the needle.

2. to compose, compile, arrange, reduce to order; to systematise
3. to join, clasp, interlock (as the hands)

   Synonyms: பிணை (piṇai), தொடு (toṭu)

   கை கோத்து நடந்தோம்.

   kai kōttu naṭantōm.

   We walked with clasped hands.

4. to narrate in order
5. to enumerate, recount
6. to invent, as a story, in a clever and fitting manner

   Synonym: தொடு (toṭu)

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

• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “கோ”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972
• Miron Winslow (1862), “கோ”, in A comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of high and low Tamil, Madras: P. R. Hunt
• N. Kathiraiver Pillai (1889), “கோ”, in தமிழ் மொழி அகராதி [Tamil language dictionary] (in Tamil), Chennai: Pi. Ve. Namacivaya Mutaliyar, published 1928