kuṭam (p. 116) s. A large kind of earthen pot, கும்பம். 2. A sign of the zodiac; Aquarius, கும்பவிராசி. Wils. p. 226. KUT'A. 3. Sugar, jaggery, molasses, சருக்கரை. 4. A globular or round part of a pillar, a cylindrical body, திரட்சி. Wils. p. 29. GUD'A. எண்ணெய்க்குடமும்வெறுங்குடமும்முட்டினாலெ தற்குச்சேதம். If a pot of oil come in collision with an empty pot, which, by breaking, is the greater loss; i.e. in collision, who is the sufferer, the man of character or the worthless person? ஒருகுடம்பாலுக்கொருதுளிஉறைமோர். One drop of butter-milk for coagulating a whole pot of milk; i. e. a good character, obligations of kindness, &c., are forfeited by a single bad action. புறக்குடத்துத் தண்ணீர்போல. Like water on the outside of a pot; i. e. forgotten as soon as learnt; advised or taught to no purpose. பொன்னின்குடத்துக்குப்பொட்டிடவேண்டுமோ.... Does it require that a golden pot be decorated; i. e. things of substantial worth need no embellishment. மாமியார்உடைத்தால்மண்குடம் மருமகளுடைத்தாற் பொன்குடம். If broken by the mother-inlaw, it is a mere earthen pot; but if by the daughter-in-law, it is a golden vessel; i. e. slight faults in inferiors are greatly magnified. குடங்கை, s. The palm of the hand. வெறுங்குடம், s. An empty pot. 2. (fig.) One who knows nothing. குறைகுடம், s. A water-pot not quite full. நிறைகுடம், s. A full water-pot; very good parts; a capable head. குடமூக்கு, s. The town of Combaconum, See கும்பகோணம். குடமூத, inf. To make a sound by blowing into pots, with dancing or jumping--as low-caste women at marriages and in some places at a temple, குடத் தினுள்ளூதியொலிபிறப்பிக்க. குடம்விட்டுக்கட்ட, inf. [prop.] To decorate the marriage pole with stiffened cloth, so as to resemble pots placed one on another. குடமுழா, s. A kind of drum made of a pot, முழவு. குடமல்லிகை, s. A kind of jasmine, ஓர் மல்லிகை, Jasminum sambac, L. Arabian jasmine. See மல்லிகை. குடமுருட்டி, s. A branch of the Kavery, ஓர் ஆறு. குடச்சிப்பி, s. A round shell or conch. குடவுழுந்தர், s. The name of a celebrated poet who, in his youth, was as long in getting a lesson as it required to fill a pot with lentils, உழுந்து, one at a time, ஓர்புலவன், குடவெழுத்தாணி, s. An iron-style with knobs or balls at the top, one above another, tapering to a point. குடம்வைத்தல், v. noun. Playing with the fists one on another, and knocking off the upper in succession, ஓர்விளையாட்டு. குடமண், s. White sand, வெண் மணல். (M. Dic.) 26)

tḷmpu (p. 229) கிறேன், தளம்பினேன், வேன், தளம்ப, v. n. To wabble, flap, fluctuate, as water in a moving vessel, அலம்ப. 2. To be unsteady as a water pot floating; to wabble, as a spinning top; to together, stagger with the weight of a load, to shake, as the top of a car when drawn; to move as drops of water on a leaf, தள்ளாட. 3. To vacillate, or be unsteady--as a load, அசைய. 4. To fluctuate, waver, hesitate, அலைய. 5. To be in straits for a livelihood, be agitated, முட்டுப்பட. 6. To move, to swerve, நிலைகுலைய. (c.)*********** அவனைத்தளம்பவிடார்கள். They will not let him swerve, to the other party, &c.; i. e. will not suffer him to want. நிறைகுடம்தளம்பாது. The water in a full jar does not shake. அவன் நெஞ்சு தாமரையிலைத்தண்ணீர்போல்தளம்பு கிறது. His heart wavers as the waterdrops upon a lotus leaf. தளம்பியூற்றுண்ண, inf. To spill, as water from a vessel. (c.) தளம்பல், v. noun. Wavering, wabbling, as water, or a vessel. (c.) தான்தளம்பல் பிறருக்கூன்றுகோல். He is wavering himself, but a staff to others. [prov.] 33)