oṭukku (p. 81) கிறேன், ஒடுக்கினேன், வே ன், ஒடுக்க, v. a. To reduce, compress, bring into a narrower compass, condense, to lessen, bring down--as another's pride, to keep down, keep under, அடக்க. 2. To press, oppress, tyrannize, vex, வருத்த. 3. To reduce the system by medicine or a sparing diet, உடம்பையொடுக்க. 4. To involve one in another--as the elements, cause to disappear--as the worlds, &c., at the close of an age, பூதங்களைலயிக்கச்செய்ய. 5. To close, to finish as a work, the harvest, &c., முடிக்க. 6. To pack in, to put in, to put things close in a bag, a box or other receptacle, செறிக்க. உலகப்பற்றையொவ்வொன்றாயொடுக்க. To relinquish worldly attachments one by one. ஒடுக்கிக்கட்ட, inf. To compress and tie a thing close. 2. To tuck up the skirts and fasten the end behind-as in wet weather. 3. To hem an ola basket, fan, &c. ஒடக்கித்தட்ட, inf. To make a metal utensil thicker and narrower by beating. ஒடுக்கித்தைக்க, inf. To make a garment smaller. ஒடுக்கிவெட்ட, inf. To hew timber reducing the breadth. ஒடுக்குவாய், s. Distorted mouth, கோணல்வாய். வீட்டையொடுக்கிக்கட்ட, inf. To build a house narrow. உடம்பையொடுக்க, inf. To reduce the body by eating sparingly. 2. To contract the body--as a tiger, a cat, &c., to reduce the body to a smaller compass --as in a leaping, sneaking, or creeping posture. செலவையொடுக்க--செலவையொ டுக்கிப்பிடிக்க. inf. To retrench expenses. 2. To live frugally, sparingly, &c. வயிற்றையொடுக்க, inf. To restrain the appetite, to reduce the quantity of food in order to save money. புலனையொடுக்க, inf. To restrain the senses--as ascetics or otherwise; to mortify the senses, passions, &c. 2. To call home the thoughts and fix them on divine things. ஒடுக்கு, v. noun. Contracting, closing, compression, narrowness, அடக் கம். 2. s. A corner to creep into, இடுக்கு. ஒடுக்கிடம், s. A corner, a narrow or confined place, மூலை. 2. A recess, a hiding place, மறைவிடம். ஒடுக்குச்சீட்டு--ஒடுக்குத்துண்டு, s. A receipt given by government for money, வரிச்சீட்டு. பணவொடுக்கு, v. noun. [prov.] A remittance of money. 48)

celvu (p. 205) v. noun. (used substantively.) Expenses, charges, cost; expenditure of money, time, life, &c., disbursement, பண முதலியவற்றின்செலவு. 2. Consumption of stores, &c., materials used, consumed, worked up, செலவழிகை. 3. Provisions, &c., given out or purchased for daily consumption. சாமக்கிரியை. (c.) 4. [loc] Permission, leave, license, விடை. 5. Way, passage, route, வழி. 6. (p.) Conduct, behavior, நடக்கை. 7. Lapse of time, காலக் கழிவு. 8. Current, issue of a stream, &c., discharge from a sore, &c., நீர்பரவுகை. 9. Removal, detachment, separation, departure, movement, நீங்குகை. (தீ 358.) 1. Going, passing, progress, procedure, procession, course, career, journey, செல் லுகை; [ex செல், to go.] செலவோடுசெலவாய். Together with other expenses. செலவாய்ப்போனான். He has passed away, is dead. செலவுக்கில்லை. I have no money for my expenses. எனக்குஅதுசெலவில்லை. I have no call for it. எச்செலவுந்தள்ளி--எல்லாச்செலவுந்தள்ளி.... Clearing all expenses. செலவழிக்க, inf. v. a. To spend, to consume, to use up--as stores. 2. To give out, give away, to sell off, dispose of, விற்றுப்போட. நான் இந்தப்பல்லக்கைச் செலவழித்துப்போட வேண்டும். I wish to dispose of this palankeen. செலவழிய, inf. v. n. To be spent, exausted, used or worked up, consumed; to be all gone. 2. To be squandered, wasted, lavished, சீரழிய. செலவழிவு, v. noun. Disbursements and expenditures. 2. Loss and gain. செலவுகொடுக்க, inf. To give out stores for consumption. 2. To bear, or pay expenses. 3. [loc.] To give leave, விடைதர. செலவாக--செலவாய்ப்போக, inf. To be spent, exhausted, &c.--as செலவ ழிய, 1. செலவுபெற, inf. [loc.] To take leave. செலவுவாங்க, inf. To buy curry stuffs, &c., for consumption. 2. [loc.] To take leave, to get leave, விடைபெற. செலவாளி--செலவுக்காரன், s. An extravagant man, மிதமிஞ்சிச்செலவுபண்ணு கிறவன். செலவிட--செலவுபண்ண, inf. To expend. 2. To sell off, dispose of, give out--as செலவழிக்க. 3. To give out stores, money, &c., for expenditure. செலவுகிற்றாயம், s. Provisions, &c., as செலவு, 3. (c.) செலவுசொல்ல, inf. To account for sum received by enumerating the expenses. 2. To give directions for the expenditure of a sum. செலவுநடக்க, inf. To be expended, be incurred, as expenditure. (Rare.) செலவையொடுக்க, inf. To curtail expenses. See ஒடுக்கு, v. செலவெடுக்க, inf. [prov.]. To take out provisions, &c., for one day or for some days from a store. செலவோட, inf. [loc.] To run deep, as an ulcer. Compare சிலையோடல். கைச்செலவு. Expense from one's own pocket. சாச்செலவு. Funeral expenses. வீட்டுச்செலவு. House expenses. பணச்செலவு. Expense of money. கலியாணச்செலவு. Wedding expenses. தருமச்செலவு. Expenditure for charitable purposes. வழிச்செலவு. Travelling expenses for provisions. 2 Stores, supplies, or money for a journey. அன்றன்றைச்செலவு--அன்றாடசெலவு. Daily expenses. சில்லறைச்செலவு. Sunday expenses. நாட்செலவு. Daily expenses. 2. (p.) Lapse of days, time, &c. பொருட்செலவு. Expenditure of property. வீண்செலவு. Useless expenses. வரவுசெலவு. Income and expenditure, receipts and disbursements. 2. Debt and credit, in accounts. இதெல்லாம்அவனுக்கொருவரவுசெலவா. Does he care about the receipts and expenditures? சொற்செலவு. The expense of a word, speaking for one, &c, ஒருவருக்காகப் பேசுதல். 8)