nukam (p. 277) s. Yoke of an ox or horse in ploughing or in carriage, நுகத்தடி. [from Sa. Yoga. W. p. 686.] நுகக்கால், s. The plough beam with which the yoke is connected. நுகத்தடி, s. Yoke. மாடுகளைநுகத்தடியிலேபிணக்க. To yoke the cattle. நுகத்தாணி, s. The pin of the yoke. நுகத்துளை, s. The hole of the yoke through which the rope, that goes round the neck of the cattle, is passed. நுகப்பிடி, s. [prov.] Equality, match, as a yoke of oxen, a couple of persons, &c. நுகம்புரட்டி, appel. n. [prov.] An ox which will not yield to the yoke, or that frees itself from it, கட்டுக்கமையாதஎ ருது. 2. (fig.) One who shuffles off a business through idleness, ஒழுங்குதவறுகிறவன். நுகம்பூட்ட, inf. To yoke a beast. நுகம்வைக்க, inf. To set the yoke on a beast's neck for the first time on an auspicious day. 287)