English Meaning of potu

Meaning of 'potu'

IV. v. t. throw, cast forcibly, eyi; 2. lay, put, place, vai; 3. put on (as clothes) tari; 4. (in comb.) cause, effect as in azittuppota, cause ruin; 5. bring forth young (as brutes); v. i. become, form, un taku. Note; potu added to a transitive verb has an intensive force.

kutiraikkup pul potu, throw grass to the horse.

nay kuttipottatu, the bitch has whelped.

avanukkoru ati (ayai) potu, give him a stroke (slap).

potal, potutal, v. n. putting, laying, throwing.

potutati, lit. a rejected stick; (fig.) a useless person.

pottukkolla, to put on a garment.

pakaiyaip pottukkolla, to put on the turban.

pottumaya, to confuse accounts; 2. to quibble.

pottuvita, to lose, to drop; to cast, to throw; 3. to throw in wrestling; 4. to surpass.

azittuppota, to destroy completely.

ayyilepota, to cast into a river.

kallaippota, to throw or fling a stone.

kaipottuk kotukka, to maka an oath by clapping one hand over the other.

cittup (pili) pota, to cast lots.

nangkuram pota, to cast anchor.

Meaning of படு

VI. v. i. lie down for sleep, lie flat, கிட.; 2. repose, இளைப்பாறு; v. t. pave, தளவரிசைபோடு; 2. kill, கொல்; 3. entrap, ensnare, பிடி.

செங்கல்படுத்த முற்றம், a yard paved with bricks.

படுக்க வைக்க, to lay anything down, to put to sleep (as a child).

படுக்கை, v. n. lying down; 2. couch, bed, a place to lie or rest upon.

படுக்கைபோட, to prepare a bed to put a litter for a horse etc.

படுக்கையறை, --வீடு, a sleeping room, a bed-chamber.

படுத்தபூமி, --தரை, levelled earth.

படுத்தலோசை, (Gram.) cadence, the grave accent.

படுத்திருக்க, to lie down, to lie on a bed.

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