போடு

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• IPA^(key): /poːɖʊ/, [poːɖɯ]

Cognate with Malayalam പോടുക (pōṭuka).

போடு • (pōṭu)

1. to put, apply, lay

   Synonyms: வை (vai), இடு (iṭu)

2. to release, drop, let go, lose

   Synonym: விடு (viṭu)

3. to throw, hurl; cast

   Synonyms: வீசு (vīcu), எறி (eṟi)

4. to produce sound

   சத்தம் போடு

   cattam pōṭu

   to make noise

5. to put on, wear, as clothes and ornaments
6. (auxiliary) added to a transitive verb to convey force or expression
7. to fasten, as a bolt
8. to bring forth, as animals; to put forth, yield, as fruit-trees

   Synonym: ஈனு (īṉu)

   பூனை குட்டி போட்டது ― pūṉai kuṭṭi pōṭṭatu ― The cat gave birth to kitten(s)

9. to strike; to stamp; to beat, as a drum
10. to sow, plant
11. to bring out; to publish
12. to use, as tobacco; to be addicted to

    Coordinate terms: பிடி (piṭi), அடி (aṭi)

    புகையிலை போடுகிறவன் ― pukaiyilai pōṭukiṟavaṉ ― (Chronic) smoker

13. to pay, subscribe, invest

    பணம் போட்டு வாங்கினான் ― paṇam pōṭṭu vāṅkiṉāṉ ― He invested money and got back (the returns)

14. to cast, as lots; to allot
15. (colloquial) to turn on

    Synonym: ஆன் பண்ணு (āṉ paṇṇu)

16. (colloquial) to drink, as toddy
17. (colloquial) to work, as a sum

    கணக்கு போடு ― kaṇakku pōṭu ― Do math

18. (colloquial) to draw, as a figure
19. (colloquial) to serve, as food; to pour, as a drink

    Synonym: பரிமாறு (parimāṟu)

20. (colloquial, Tamil Nadu) to kill
21. (colloquial, Tamil Nadu, vulgar) to have sex with

Both வை (vai) and போடு (pōṭu) can be translated as "put", but the former refers to careful, deliberate placing while the latter is somewhat reckless.

From the above verb.

போடு • (pōṭu)

1. anything striking or impressive, as a speech

   அவன் ஒரு போடு போட்டான் ― avaṉ oru pōṭu pōṭṭāṉ ― He gave an impressive talk

2. stroke

   Synonym: அடி (aṭi)

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “போடு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “போடு”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972