காக்காய்பிடி
Tamil
Alternative
- காக்காய் பிடி (kākkāy piṭi)
Etymology
Compound of காக்காய் (kākkāy, “crow, raven”) + பிடி (piṭi, “to catch, grab”), literally translated as "to catch a crow," probably to mean the person who would go as far as to catch a crow no matter how fruitless the endeavour is, just to please the person.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːkːaːjpiɖi/
Verb
காக்காய்பிடி • (kākkāypiṭi)
- to flatter, coax, cajole
Conjugation
Conjugation of காக்காய்பிடி (kākkāypiṭi)
References
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “காக்காய்பிடி”, 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), “காக்காய்பிடி-த்தல்”, 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), “காக்காய்%20பிடி”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]