போ

Irula

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *pō-. Cognate with Tamil போ (), Malayalam പോകുക (pōkuka), Telugu పోవు (pōvu), and Kannada ಹೋಗು (hōgu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poː/

Verb

போ ()

  1. go
    மாடு போயி புல்லு மேந்தின​ ஒரு ஸோலெலி
    ma:ḍu po:yi püllü me:ndiṉa örü sö:leli
    The cow went and grazed grass in a grove

Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poː/

Etymology 1

Letter

போ • () (no case)

  1. the alphasyllabic compound of ப் (p) +‎ (ō)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *pō-. Cognate with Malayalam പോകുക (pōkuka), Telugu పోవు (pōvu), and Kannada ಹೋಗು (hōgu).

Alternative forms

Verb

போ • () (intransitive)

  1. to go, go away, proceed, depart
    Synonym: செல் (cel)
    ஓட்டலுக்குப் போவோம்.ōṭṭalukkup pōvōm.Let's go to the hotel.
  2. to reach a destination
    Synonym: அடை (aṭai)
  3. to go by, pass over; to lapse
    Synonym: கழி (kaḻi)
  4. to lie, pass through, as a path
  5. to separate
    Synonym: பிரி (piri)
  6. to leave, abandon
    Synonym: நீங்கு (nīṅku)
  7. to vanish, disappear
    Synonym: மறை (maṟai)
  8. to be missing, to be lost
    Synonym: காணாமற்போ (kāṇāmaṟpō)
  9. (euphemistic) to die, pass away
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:சா
  10. (arithmetic) to be subtracted
  11. (arithmetic) to be divided
  12. (auxiliary) used with the verbal participle of verbs to express a change of state with a usually negative meaning
    சட்டை கிழிந்து போகவில்லை.caṭṭai kiḻintu pōkavillai.The shirt didn't tear.
  13. (auxiliary) used directly after an infinitive to form the periphrastic future tense.
    நான் சாப்பிடப் போகிறேன்.nāṉ cāppiṭap pōkiṟēṉ.I am going to eat.
  14. (auxiliary) used to emphasize the meaning of the main verb.
    Synonym: -ஏ ()
    அசந்து போய் விட்டான்acantu pōy viṭṭāṉHe was stunned.
Conjugation

Alternatively, the third singular neuter past can also be "போயிற்று (pōyiṟṟu)".

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • போ”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023