நடமாடு
Tamil
Etymology
Compound of நட (naṭa) + ஆடு (āṭu). Cognate with Telugu నడయాడు (naḍayāḍu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n̪aɖamaːɖu/, [n̪ɐɖɐmaːɖɯ]
Verb
நடமாடு • (naṭamāṭu) (intransitive)
- to walk about, roam, wander
- Synonyms: அலை (alai), உலாவு (ulāvu), திரி (tiri)
- loiter, dawdle, saunter
Conjugation
Conjugation of நடமாடு (naṭamāṭu)
Derived terms
- நடமாட்டம் (naṭamāṭṭam)
References
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “நடமாடு”, 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), “நடமாடு-தல்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]