Tamil lexicon

Tamil lexicon. Madras: University of Madras, 1924 -1936

Realizations (318)

Shift Language Lexeme Source Target Page
#242 Tamil koḷ seize, grasp, receive, contain — to consider, think 1162
#3703 Tamil mātulan̠ uncle (mother's brother) — father-in-law
#3704 Tamil takappaṉ father → uncle (father's brother) 2866
#3706 Tamil ammā mother → exclamation of pity and surprise, or joy 99
#919 Tamil uyarttu to raise, lift (tr.) → to build 434
#3714 Tamil uyarttu to raise, lift (tr.) — to increase (tr.) 434
#3722 Tamil uyarttu to raise, lift (tr.) — To promote to higher office, exalt, ennoble. 434
#322 Tamil ōkku- to raise, lift (tr.) → to give, bestow 617
#326 Tamil eṭu to raise → to vomit 514
#919 Tamil eṭu to raise → to build
#29 Tamil tottu to be obtained (intr.) — to catch, as a disease; to infect (tr.) 2094
#25 Tamil eytu to reach, as a place; → to obtain, acquire, attain; 529
#25 Tamil cēr to reach, gain, arrive at — to obtain, acquire 1633
#3865 Tamil tāy mother → mother tongue
#3866 Tamil tāttiri earth — mother 1829
#3867 Tamil ammā mother → <term of address to a woman of lower social status or age> 99
#298 Tamil tāy mother → main ship, carrier-rocket
#3868 Tamil appā father → <term of address to a elder man or a man of lower social status>
#4000 Tamil nīla blue — black 2311
#4002 Tamil pū blue colour — beauty; charm 2819
#1102 Tamil kōmaḷam softness — tenderness 1188
#1102 Tamil iẓai to become soft — to have tender emotions 353
#784 Tamil tēṉ honey — sweetness 2071
#1503 Tamil talaippōr front — beginning, as of an act or process 1782
#4091 Tamil aṭi foot → beginning 46
#4091 Tamil tāḷ leg, foot → Origin, commencement, beginning 1855
#4091 Tamil mutal Base, foot, bottom or lowest part of anything ← beginning 3259
#2333 Tamil periya (பெரிய) large, great — great, important 2865
#4093 Tamil aṉali sun — fire 189
#1007 Tamil el sun, sunshine, light — day, daytime, day of 24 hours 535
#4093 Tamil ceñcuṭar sun — fire 1582
#127 Tamil nāyiṟu (ஞாயிறு) sun → Sunday 2223
#4094 Tamil vakku kidney — testicle 3448
#3703 Tamil māmaṉ uncle (mother's brother) — father-in-law 3162
#3619 Tamil teruvicu that which is strong — Healthy formation of body, shapeliness; 2038
#4107 Tamil cukam health — welfare 1497
#4107 Tamil naṉku health — welfare 2188
#4107 Tamil cuka-celvam Health — prosperity 1496
#4108 Tamil pacappu green colour — healthy condition 2396
#4109 Tamil kūtir wind — autumn 1072
#788 Tamil pacappu moisture → wealth, prosperity 2396
#3433 Tamil yāppu binding, tying → poetry 3400
#4010 Tamil muṉṉōṉ father → ancestor 3308
#3870 Tamil māma(n̠) uncle (mother's brother) → term of address to an elder man
#3333 Tamil puẓuṅku to boil gently → to be hot with anger 2794
#2804 Tamil iraṇiyam gold — money, coin 311
#990 Tamil pār to see/to look at — to intend 2615
#3929 Tamil pāṇṭil mirror — glass (material) 2598
#1369 Tamil pātam step, pace → <unit of length> 2605
#1154 Tamil uppu salt → sea of salt water 419
#4233 Tamil vaḷaiyal glass (material) — bracelet, bangle 3556
#4238 Tamil tampi younger brother — term of endearment applied to a younger male 1753
#37 Tamil pār- to see/to look at → to expect, look forward to 524
#384 Tamil pār- To see, look at, view, notice, observe → To look after, take care of, manage, superintend 2615
#6748 Tamil narampu tendon, sinew — chord, string of a lute 2162
#4000 Tamil kaḷaṅkam blue colour — black colour 811
#2912 Tamil cōtā weak person — lazy fellow 1667
#821 Tamil piṅkalam yellow, gold colour ↔ gold 2645
#4267 Tamil māmai black colour — beauty 3164
#3728 Tamil eri fire → hell 530
#3852 Tamil ciki tree — fire 1402
#4080 Tamil mottu lazy person — dullard, idiot 3376
#4269 Tamil varuṇam colour — caste 3521
#4277 Tamil paṉikkaṭṭi snow — frost 2572
#4277 Tamil imam snow — frost 298
#1171 Tamil ākam heart — mind 203
#4279 Tamil māṉ deer, anthelope — lion (Panthera leo) 3186
#4281 Tamil il house, home — wife 336
#2105 Tamil īriya cold (adj.) → kindly, loving, affectionate 381
#4283 Tamil imam frost, snow — hell 298
#1951 Tamil nuḷampu mosquito, gnat — eye-fly 2324
#4285 Tamil ikalaṉ jackal — warrior 268
#4284 Tamil viṭam poison — scorpion 3655
#747 Tamil kaṇṇuṟu- to see, to look at → to meet; to come upon by chance 696
#4286 Tamil paṉikkaṭṭi snow — ice 2572
#860 Tamil kiẓavan̠ old man — husband 3318
#3939 Tamil ikku middle — waist 267
#2143 Tamil pātam Foot, as of a person or animal, one of five karumēntiriyam → Base, as of a mountain, a tree 2605
#4364 Tamil imam snow — hoar-frost 298
#4364 Tamil paṉikkaṭṭi snow — hoar-frost 2572
#3691 Tamil ciṉṉi little child → little finger 1469
#2981 Tamil ciṟu little, small → little finger 1465
#4416 Tamil koṭṭai grain, seed → testicle 1131
#4416 Tulu koṭṭe grain, seed → testicle 1131
#2359 Tamil peṟu- to beget, generate → parents 2885-2886
#4647 Tamil talaivi mistress → wife 1788
#1960 Tamil pētā foot soldier → pawn (in chess) 2891
#5018 Tamil peṇ woman — daughter 2856
#575 Tamil peṇ (பெண்) girl — daughter 2856
#4235 Tamil makaṉ son — child 2983
#298 Tamil tāy mother → main, chief channel 1840
#8929 Tamil maka child — young of an animal 2976
#8929 Tamil kuṭṭi young animal — child 961
#5025 Tamil kumari daughter → Aloe vera (plant) 1003
#5027 Tamil peṇ woman — Aloe vera (plant) 2856
#5024 Tamil peṇ mother → female of animals and plants 2856
#5027 Tamil peṇ woman — Aloe vera (plant) 357
#2205 Tamil piḷḷai child → young coconut tree 2047
#5028 Tamil piḷḷai child → Small pillar set over a large pillar S363
#3872 Tamil attan̠ father → priest, guru 65
#4037 Tamil aiyaṉ father → teacher, priest, preceptor 581
#5032 Tamil peṟu (peṟṟ-) to give birth, generate, obtain → father 2885
#5033 Tamil peṟu (peṟṟ-) to get, obtain → parents 2885
#5036 Tamil peṟu (peṟṟ-) to get, obtain → husband 2885
#5034 Tamil peyar name → grandfather 2864
#5035 Tamil peyar name → grandson, as bearing the grandfather's name 2864
#5045 Tamil ammai mother → smallpox 100
#5048 Tamil mātirukai mother → god 3157
#3871 Tamil māṉā father — grandfather 3871
#5049 Tamil pōtti grandfather — Brahman temple-priest in Malabar (coll.) 2962
#5051 Tamil tāttā grandfather — aged man 1829
#5047 Tamil ammai mother — grandmother 100
#5064 Tamil ācci grandmother → <term of address to a woman> 208
#5035 Tamil peyar name → granddaughter, as bearing the same name as her grandmother 2863
#5066 Tamil peyartti granddaughter — grandmother 2863
#80 Tamil tiruppu to turn, rotate (tr.) → to translate 1908
#5053 Tamil javāp reply, answer → correspondence, symmetry 3868
#4200 Tamil eṉṉai father — lord 550
#4037 Tamil kuru father ← teacher 1013
#3869 Tamil nāyaṉār father → god 2223
#4304 Tamil tēvi queen → wife 2069
#5074 Tamil tēvi goddess → wife 2069
#2086 Tamil āttu-k-kārar owner of the house → husband 225
#2086 Tamil kiẓavaṉ owner — husband 936
#5075 Tamil tāṭṭāṉ chief, master, head (of smth) → husband 1826
#5084 Tamil kuṭumpam family → wife 974
#5085 Tamil kuṭumpam family — caste 974
#5090 Tamil ca "with" → brother, (parallel) cousin 1221
#5093 Tamil ammai grandmother → smallpox 100
#5080 Tamil kātali sweetheart → wife 862
#5081 Tamil maintu might, strength → husband 3369
#4806 Tamil aṉpaṉ lover → husband 183
#5094 Tamil āṇmakaṉ son — courage person 222
#5094 Tamil makaṉ son → courage, manliness 2983
#5098 Tamil pācu greenness — courage, bravery 2587
#872 Tamil mūttāḷ aged woman → first wife 3321
#1793 Tamil puruṣaṉ man, husband → courage, manliness 2777
#5106 Tamil iḷamai tenderness — childhood 357
#5118 Tamil uyir soul → husband 2173
#5096 Tamil caka- together → wife 1214
#5119 Tamil cati sati (Hindu practice) → good, virtuous or faithful wife 1257
#5120 Tamil cāṉi harlot → wife 1398
#4027 Tamil aṇṇā elder brother → father (coll.) 60
#5136 Tamil ammāñci son of maternal uncle → fool 99
#5142 Tamil kuñci anything small → aunt, mother's sister (younger) 959
#5137 Tamil appaṉ father → term of endearment used in addressing little children or inferiors 85
#934 Tamil viẓu to fall down → to happen 3721
#975 Tamil viẓu to fall down → to pass away, to die 3721
#5148 Tamil viẓu to fall down → to get (in games) 940
#592 Tamil viẓu to fall down → to be defeated, to be overthrown 3721
#342 Tamil viẓu to fall down → to fall low, decline, as prices; to sink to a lower level 3721
#5149 Tamil viẓu to fall down → to lie prostrate, as in reverence 3721
#5154 Tamil kuñciyappaṉ uncle (father's younger brother) — uncle (mother's younger sister's husband) 959
#5155 Tamil kuñciyāycci aunt, mother's younger sister — aunt (father's younger brother's wife) 959
#5156 Tamil tantuvai aunt (mother's brother's wife) — mother-in-law 1748
#5160 Tamil ammāḷ mother — aunt, mother's elder sister 2867
#5160 Tamil ammā mother — aunt, mother's younger sister 1468
#5161 Tamil ammāṉ uncle (mother's brother) — uncle (father's sister's husband) 99
#5162 Tamil māmi aunt, father's sister — aunt (mother's brother's wife) 3163
#4118 Tamil attai aunt, father's sister — mother-in-law 69
#5163 Tamil ammān̠ uncle (mother's brother) — cousin (male, cross-) 99
#5164 Tamil makaṉ son — man 2983
#5165 Tamil makaṉ son → warrior 2983
#5166 Tamil makaṉ husband — warrior 2983
#5170 Tamil makaṉ child — man 2983
#3378 Tamil tāy mother → queen (termites) 1839
#5061 Tamil puttirikai daughter → doll 2762
#5189 Tamil piḷḷai child → bridegroom 3160
#5158 Tamil taṅkai younger sister — cousin (female, parallel) 1712
#966 Tamil āṭṭi woman — wife 216
#3869 Old Tamil mutalvaṉ father — god 3259
#5214 Old Tamil entai my father → monarch (my king) 527
#3871 Tamil ayyā father — grandfather (mother's father) 19
#5066 Tamil pēraṉ grandson — grandfather 2899
#5066 Tamil pīṭṭaṉ great grandson — great grandfather 2732
#5562 Tamil taṅkam gold → platinum 3801, S417
#5626 Tamil aṇṇāḻvi elder brother — cousin (male, parallel) 60
#5628 Tamil tampi younger brother — younger cousin (male, parallel) 1753
#5758 Tamil pukai smoke — vapour, steam 2742
#5767 Tamil tūmam smoke — perfume, scent 2019
#5768 Tamil aṉṉal sunshine — smoke 186
#5756 Tamil pukai mist, haze — smoke 2742
#5756 Tamil pukai mist, haze — smoke 2742
#5756 Tamil pukai mist, haze — smoke 2742
#5756 Tamil pukai mist, haze — smoke 2742
#5756 Tamil pukai mist, haze — smoke 2742
#5756 Tamil pukai mist, haze — smoke 2742
#5756 Tamil pukai mist, haze — smoke 2742
#5771 Tamil tūmam smoke → censer 2019
#910 Tamil aṉṉam (அன்னம்) (archaic) boiled rice — food
#1457 Tamil vil (வில்) bow (weapon) → rainbow
#7594 Tamil kaḷvaṉ thief, robber — mediator 806
#6368 Tamil nīr (நீர்) water → otter (Lutra lutra) 2303
#8074 Tamil uruku to melt, liquefy → to become tender, kind, to sympathize, to pity 444
#102 Tamil citam whiteness — silver 1417
#5285 Tamil peṭṭai woman, girl → female of animals and birds 2856
#8127 Tamil cuci female breast — udder S284
#8133 Tamil ammam female breast — children's food 98
#8135 Tamil ammaṉai mother → a girls' game with balls 98
#8136 Tamil ampu arrow — bamboo 97
#8139 Tamil nekiḻu to exude → to relent, as the heart in pity 2331
#8140 Tamil akam inside — to be satisfied (sexually) 12
#5915 Tamil uku-tal to lose — to die 387
#933 Tamil āḷ man — husband 254
#8346 Tamil maka (மக) (archaic, now only in literary usage) child, infant → (colloquial) daughter
#8347 Tamil piḷḷai (பிள்ளை) child → (archaic) royal child, prince
#5224 Tamil piḷḷai (பிள்ளை) child (son or daughter) — boy, girl
#4806 Tamil ārvalaṉ beloved → husband
#4806 Tamil kaṇṇāḷaṉ beloved → husband
#4806 Tamil kātalaṉ beloved → husband
#4806 Tamil jīvitēcaṉ beloved → husband
#5162 Tamil attai aunt (father's sister) — aunt (mother's brother's wife)
#498 Tamil kantavakam nose → smelling, scent 717
#8477 Tamil kāṉ jungle — smell, odour 910
#8478 Tamil kāṉ smell (n.) — flower 910
#8480 Tamil kuṇuṅku devil, goblin — smell of a cattle etc. 985
#8482 Tamil ñāṟu to smell, emit an odour → to appear, arise 1686
#3525 Tamil ayil sharp ← iron 112
#954 Tamil āyattam sharpness → anger S107
#1413 Tamil kaṭi sharpness → keenness 667
#8491 Tamil kūriyaṉ sharp, clever person → the planet Mercury 1076
#389 Tamil tāṭi (தாடி) beard — chin 1827
#5292 Tamil cikkam (சிக்கம்) silver — lead, plumbum 1399
#5725 Tamil cikkam (சிக்கம்) silver — copper 1399
#8552 Tamil cikkam (சிக்கம்) copper — lead, plumbum 1399
#1055 Tamil cītakam (சீதகம்) lead, plumbum — tin (n.) 406
#8552 Tamil cīruḷ (சீருள்) copper — lead, plumbum 1485
#8543 Tamil nākam (நாகம்) snake in general, especially the cobra capella — lead, plumbum 2197
#8543 Tamil aki (அகி) snake → lead, plumbum 17, S009
#5292 Tamil ampaṭalam (அம்படலம்) silver — lead, plumbum S048
#8543 Tamil karu-nākam (கருநாகம்) snake → lead, plumbum 758
#8584 Tamil kaṉiṭṭai last-born daughter — little finger 838
#3929 Tamil kaṇṇāṭi (கண்ணாடி) glass things — mirror
#147 Tamil aṇṭam (அண்டம்) egg → testicle 58
#8767 Tamil aṇṭam (அண்டம்) egg → world 58
#8769 Tamil iḷam (இளம்) young → spring (season)
#2388 Tamil kai (கை) hand/arm → trunk, proboscis (of elephant)
#561 Tamil kai (கை) hand → handful
#2387 Tamil kai (கை) hand/arm → ray
#649 Tamil kai (கை) hand/arm → side (n.)
#8832 Tamil kai (கை) hand → rafter (architecture)
#3628 Tamil kai (கை) hand → (colloquial) handle (as of an axe); handle (as of a fan)
#1184 Tamil handle (as of a fan) wing → flank (military)
#1205 Tamil kai (கை) hand/arm → wing
#8962 Tamil muḷ (முள்) thorn → hand (of a clock)
#5408 Tamil vācaṉam smell → knowledge 3578
#9021 Tamil veṭi (good or bad) smell — fear 3772
#9024 Tamil mōtam smell, scent, perfume — joy, rejoicing, gladness 3385
#7821 Tamil narampu chord, string of a lute — bow-string 2162
#8919 Tamil narampu tendon, sinew — fibre, as of leaves 2162
#1877 Tamil narampu tendon, sinew — vein, blood-vessel 2162
#6288 Tamil vāl (வால்) tail → comet
#9120 Tamil mōppam to perceive smell — nose 3386
#9476 Tamil kēḷ to hear / to listen → to ask, inquire 1096
#9480 Tamil kompu (கொம்பு) horn → (music) horn, pipe, cornet
#72 Tamil pū (பூ) flower → colour 2819
#2828 Tamil pū (பூ) lotus → beautiful 2819
#9381 Tamil aracaṉ (அரசன்) king, sovereign, prince → king (chess)
#9381 Tamil rājā (ராஜா) king, sovereign, prince → king (chess)
#9140 Tamil araci (அரசி) queen → queen (chess)
#9140 Tamil rāṇi (ராணி) queen → queen (chess)
#7012 Tamil kōṭṭai (கோட்டை) fort, castle, stronghold → rook (chess)
#9645 Tamil yāṉai (யானை) elephant → rook (chess)
#9134 Tamil amaiccar (அமைச்சர்) minister → bishop (chess)
#9134 Tamil mantiri (மந்திரி) (dated) minister → bishop (chess)
#1960 Tamil kālāḷ (காலாள்) foot soldier, infantryman → pawn (in chess)
#9764 Tamil viruccikam (விருச்சிகம்) crab — scorpion
#2089 Tamil tūḷi தூளி dust → pollen
#9774 Tamil mōṭu மோடு body — height (of a person)
#669 Tamil pāvai doll, puppet → pupil (of an eye) 2636
#960 Kannada kēḷ (கேள்) to require, demand, claim ← to ask, inquire
#8780 Tamil kālam (காலம்) time → time of death
#4786 Tamil amutakam (அமுதகம்) sea of milk — female breast
#1292 Tamil unti உந்தி navel — belly
#211 Tamil cāyai சாயை shadow → reflection (in the mirror, water)
#6960 Tamil āṭṭu ஆட்டு dancing → sport
#4793 Tamil oḷi-vaṭṭam ஒளிவட்டம் moon — mirror
#783 Tamil tuyil- (துயில்-) to sleep → to die
#783 Tamil tuñcu- (துஞ்சு-) to sleep → to die
#783 Tamil viḷivu (விளிவு) to fall asleep → to die
#7153 Tamil uḻa- (உழ-) to suffer — to try, make an effort
#8803 Tamil aṉaṟṟu- அனற்று to heat, make hot → to be angry with
#564 Tamil nākku (நாக்கு) tongue (body part) → uvula 404
#10041 Tamil cuvētam (சுவேதம்) white → Venus
#10042 Tamil veṇ-poṉ (வெண்பொன்) silver → Venus
#10042 Tamil veḷḷi (வெள்ளி) silver → Venus
#3267 Tamil miṇṭu (மிண்டு) strength — courage
#10292 Tamil kaḷ (கள்) (archaic) honey ← toddy (from palm tree), liquor
#6127 Tamil amutam (அமுதம்) drink of immortality → nectar
#10291 Tamil amutam (அமுதம்) honey — nectar
#10342 Tamil pī (பீ) excrement → earwax
#10430 Tamil poruḷ (பொருள்) thing, physical object → something
#2372 Tamil pakal (பகல்) day → 24 hours
#10466 Tamil varuṇam colour → fame, reputation 3521
#10466 Tamil niṟam colour → fame, reputation 2286
#10468 Tamil varuṇam colour — fragrance 3521
#10469 Tamil varuṇam colour → gold 5321
#3284 Tamil ciṭci to teach, train → to punish, reprove 1407
#10444 Tamil nīr (நீர்) water → hydrogen
#6252 Tamil varṣam rain → year 3506
#10518 Tamil pul (புல்) grass, herb → vegetable kingdom
#2541 Tamil periya (பெரிய) big → great
#4537 Tamil naṭu (நடு) middle → middle finger
#2686 Tamil kēḷ (கேள்) to listen to, hear → to learn, be instructed in
#10556 Tamil vāṉam (வானம்) sky → horizon
#5084 Tamil maṉai (மனை) family — wife
#873 Tamil kaṭumai hardness, tenacity, firmness → severity, harshness, cruelty, hard-heartedness 675
#10622 Tamil kīṟu (கீறு) to scratch, scrape, graze, incise, cut, gash, lance, dissect → to write
#9516 Tamil āṇu sweetness, deliciousness, pleasantness, agreeableness — goodness 224
#10655 Tamil ūṟaṇi spring (season) — wet land 504
#10656 Tamil ūṟaṇi wet land → income 504
#392 Tamil ēr beauty — goodness 563
#10657 Tamil olukkam behaviour, conduct → good conduct, morality, virtue 607
#10658 Tamil oḻuṅku order, regularity — good conduct 608
#9387 Tamil ūḻal dirt, mud, mire; that which is putrid, nasty, as excrement — that which is decayed, spoiled, bad in quality 502
#10659 Tamil cilākkiyam that which is excellent, good — fame, reputation 1436
#8840 Tamil cukam that which is good, wholesome, beneficial — happiness, pleasure, enjoyment 1497
#4968 Tamil ari (அரி) green — beautiy