அமுக்கு
Tamil
Etymology
Causative of அமுங்கு (amuṅku), from முங்கு (muṅku, “to plunge, immense”). Compare மூழ்கு (mūḻku, “to drown, sink”). Cognate with Malayalam അമുക്കുക (amukkuka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amukːu/, [ɐmukːɯ]
Verb
அமுக்கு • (amukku) (transitive)
- to press down, compress
- Synonyms: அழுத்து (aḻuttu), நசுக்கு (nacukku)
- (colloquial) to conceal, hide, repress
- Synonyms: மறை (maṟai), ஒளி (oḷi)
Conjugation
Conjugation of அமுக்கு (amukku)
References
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “அமுக்கு”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “அமுக்கு-தல்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]