உலை
Tamil
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔul̪aɪ̯/, [ʔʊl̪əɪ̯]
Verb
உலை • (ulai)
- (intransitive) to be disordered, as ones affairs; to become deranged, unsettled, loose; to degenerate in morals or character
- Synonym: நிலைகுலை (nilaikulai)
- to perish, be ruined, as houses, land or crops
- Synonym: அழி (aḻi)
- to be afraid, agitated
- Synonym: அஞ்சு (añcu)
References
- University of Madras, “உலை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press, 1924–1936.