oṭungku (p. 81) கிறேன், ஒடுங்கினேன், வே ன், ஒடுங்க, v. n. To shrink, become reduced, compressed, closed, contracted, narrow, to lessen, to abate, crouch, lie within a small compass, diminish, grow less--as a globe from the centre to the poles, அடங்க. 2. To be restrained--as the senses, desires, &c., புலனொங்க. 3. To give place, recede, pass on one side--as in meeting a superior; to shrink within one's self, showing reverence, taking off the mantle, turban, sandals, &c.; to creep along sideways, ஒதுங்க. 4. To be reduced in circumstances, power, prosperity, in show, in expenditure, in the mental or bodily faculties, energies, &c., to grow lean, be reduced in size, whether by disease, want of food, or otherwise, குறைய. 5. To cease-as noise, bustle, stir, &c., அமைய. 6. To sink or retire--as the soul in sleep, fainting, or through the different stages at death, சோர. 7. To become dissolved or involved one within another--as the elements, worlds, &c., till all is absorbed in the deity, பூதங்களொடுங்க. 8. To end, terminate, cease, முடிய. 9. To obey, submit, கீழ்ப்படிய. 1. To be concealed, பதுங்க. 11. To be packed, stowed away, செறிய. 12. To be retrenched, சுருங்க. 13. To disappear, become absorbed, dissolved--as salt in water, &c., கரைய. 14. To grow dim-as a light, a heavenly body, &c., to become extinct--as light by passing into its previous elements or ether, ஒளிமழுங்க. மாடுநுகத்தைக்கண்டொடுங்குகிறது. The ox has assumed a sickly appearance; or it shrinks at the sight of the yoke. ஊணொடுங்கவீணொடுங்கும். If his food be reduced, his dissipation will cease. உலகுதோன்றினமுறையேயொடுங்கும். The world will be reduced to its primeval elements in the order in which it was educed. ஆளொடுங்கினவேளைபார்த்துவந்தான். He watched for an opportunity and came when all was still (for plunder, &c.). கலிமுதிரமுதிரப்பெரியவர்களொடுங்கிவிட்டார்கள்... As the iron age advances, the great are reduced. ஒடுங்கலில்பல்கலை. The various sciences which are unlimited. குளிராலொடுங்க, inf. To shrink with cold. ஒடுங்கி, s. A tortoise, ஆமை. ஒடுக்கம், v. noun. Narrowness, straitness, closeness, வழியொடுக்கம். 2. Contraction into itself--as the tortoise, an elastic substance, &c., சுருங்குகை. 3. Retirement within doors, abatement, concealment by stooping and creeping along--as a man to shoot, or a tiger to spring on its prey, &c., பதுங்குகை. 4. Suppression, contraction, reduction, நெருக்கம். 5. Reverence, self-restraint, modesty, அ டக்கம். 6. Involution--as of the elements one into another, absorption, dissolution, disappearance--as of salt in water, ஒன்றிலொன்றடங்குகை. 7. Cessation (of noise, bustle, stir--as by night in time of epidemics, &c.), quietude, calmness, stillness, அமைவு. 8. Sinking as the soul through its different stages at death, gradual reduction--as of circumstances, the powers of the body by age, &c., பலமுதலியவொடுங்குகை. 9. s. End, close, termination, முடிவு. ஒடுக்கத்திலேயொன்றுமில்லை. At the end nothing (of earth) will accompany us, remain, avail, &c. அவனுக்குச்சாப்பாடொடுக்கமாய்ப்போயிற்று. His food is diminished in quantity. காரியமொடுக்கத்தில்வந்தது. The matter has resolved itself into a narrow compass. காரியமொடுக்கமாயிருக்கின்றது. The business, provision, ceremony, &c., is on a small scale. ஒடுக்கநாள், s. A day of distress. ஒடுக்கமில்லாதவன், s. One who does not restrain himself, his passions, desires, &c. 2. One who does not pay proper respect to his superiors. ஒடுக்கம்பார்த்துவர, inf. To attack a house, a city, when in a defenceless state, or by night when all are asleep. ஒடுக்கவணக்கம், s. Modest deportment, reverence, veneration. பனியொடுக்கம், s. The fall of heavy dew when all is still. காற்றொடுக்கம், s. A calm, a lull, absence of wind. புலனொடுக்கம், s. Restraint of the senses. 2. Absorption of the senses by sleep, syncope, the approach of death, &c., unconsciousness, stupor. 49)

kuṇāmpu (p. 118) கிறேன், குணாம்பினேன், வேன், குணாம்ப, v. n. To speak officiously, to insult, to taunt, to use invective, irony, sarcasm, &c., பகிடிபேச. குணாம்பி, v. A ludicrous, comical, droll fellow; a buffoon. 19)

kuṉi (p. 132) கிறேன், ந்தேன், வேன், ய, v. n. (from Sans. Kun'a, contracted or curved.) To stoop, crouch, bend; to be bowed--as the head, வணங்க. 2. To bend or be bent-as a bow, வளைய. 3. (fig.) To stoop, condescend; to yield, தாழ. 4. (சது.) To pity, commiserate, relent, grieve, இரங்க. குனியநிமிரமாட்டான். He can neither stoop nor straighten himself--either from disease, fatness, or having eaten too much. வில்லுக்குனியாதெய்தால்விலகாதெதிர்த்தபகை. If the bow be not bent sufficiently, the enemy will not be put to flight. முட்டுமுன்குனியவேண்டும். Stoop before you strike your head; i. e. after-thoughts avail nothing. குனிந்துநடக்க, inf. To walk stooping. குனிந்துபார்க்க, inf. To stoop and look. குனியப்போட--குனியவைக்க, s. To place in a stooping posture or position. குனிதல்--குனிவு, v. noun. Stooping; inclination. 64)

kūttu (p. 134) s. (from Sans. Goorda, play, Wils. p. 239.) Dance, dancing; action, performance; ball, நடனம். 2. Dramatic play, comedy, நாடகம். 3. Dance or sport of the deity--as the creation, preservation, and destruction of the universe are considered by Hindu philosophers, திருக் கூத்து. 4. Expression or exhibition of the feelings of the soul in its conscious states, as manifested in the actions and organic functions of the body, according to Hindu psychologists, ஆத்துமசேட்டை. 5. Frolicking, leaping and frisking about, like young boys and girls, விளையாட்டு. 6. Display, pomp, parade, &c.--as viewed by ascetics, பிரபஞ்சநடிப்பு. 7. A strange event or phenomenon, நூதனசெய்கை. 8. Presumption, assumption, vanity--as of young persons--one new in office, &c., spoken in contempt, கோலாகலம். 9. A droll or ludicrous action or performance--as a pantomime, &c., பரிகாசக்கூத்து. 1. (fig. little used.) The instigating or moving cause of an action, தூண்டுகாரணம். கூத்துக்குமீசைசிரைக்கவா. Why shave off the mustaches for mere play; i. e. why do a thing without an object? ஏதேனுங்கூத்துநடக்கும். [prov.] Some disastrous event will happen--said after a bad omen. நாலுநாட்கூத்து. A four day's dance-spoken of worldly prosperity, elevation to office, &c. கூத்தன், s. Dancer, actor, performer, comedian, &c., நாடகன். 2. Soul, life, spirit--as the directing cause of the various corporeal functions and actions, உயிர், ஆத்துமா. (நாலடி.) 3. The deity--as the operating cause in the universe, கட வுள். (p.) கூத்தாட, inf. To dance or play, to exhibit pranks, to take a part in play, நடனஞ்செய்ய. 2. To persist in an improper request, &c., சோலிபண்ண. 3. To be elated by promotion, wealth, &c.; to assume too much, &c., பெருமைகாட்ட. 4. (little used.) To act merely for form's sake, in religion, civilities, mourning, &c., ஒப்புக்குச்செய்ய. கூத்தாடி, s. (fem. கூத்தாடிச்சி.) A dancer, player, an actor, a comedian, நடன். 2. A pole-dancer, கழைக்கூத்தன். கூத்தாட்டு--கூத்தாட்டம், v. noun. Dancing, acting, playing, &c., நடிப்பு. கூத்தாட்டுச்சிலம்பம் படைவெட்டுக்குதவாது. The fencing of the actor will not do in battle. கூத்தி--கூத்திச்சி, s. A female actor or dancer; a dancing girl, நாடகப்பெண். 2. A courtezan, a strumpet, a prostitute, வேசி. 3. A concubine, கூத்தியார். கூத்துக்களரி, s. The area or hall for play; a ball room; a theatre; a circus, &c., நடனசாலை. கூத்துக்காரன், s. (fem. கூத்துக்காரி.) An actor, a dancer, கூத்தாடுவோன். 2. A dancing master, கூத்தாட்டுவோன். 3. A buffoon; a ludicrous, comical person; a mimie, விகடக்காரன். கூத்துப்பயிலிடம், s. A dancing school; a place where dancing is practised. கூத்துப்பாட்டு, s. Dancing tunes, and songs. கூத்துவகை--கூத்தின்விகற்பம், s. The two divisions of dancing, commonly by woman. 1. தேசிகம், modes of dancing in different countries. 2. மார்க்கம், modes of dancing--as laid down in the shastras. கூத்துப்பண்ண, inf. To make fun, sport, &c. 2. To do a droll, funny, action. 3. To confound; to derange. கூத்துவிட, inf. To introduce the actors in a play. 2. [prov.] To say something odd, or droll; to do a funny, humorous thing, pleasing to a company. கூத்துவைக்க, inf. To give a dance, or ball--modern. 7)

cēṭṭai (p. 207) --சேஷ்டை, s. Coming into existence, or operation; production, evolution, appearance, or modification in nature, இயக்கம். 2. Moving, motion, gesture, gesticulation, அசைகை. 3. Action, operation, doing, performance, செய்கை, W. p. 331. CHE'SHTA. 4. (c.) Useless, o idle habits--as carrying the head on one side, shaking the leg, &c., making faces. grimace, அங்கச்சேட்டை. 5. Unpleasant, disagreeable or indecent actions, habits, gestures, liberties taken, &c., கோரணி. 6. Trouble, annoyance, தொந்தரவு. 7. Caprice, whim, fancy, freak, மனச்சேட்டை. 8. Fanciful trick, prank, antic, gambol, குதி ப்பு. 9. (p.) Elder sister, அக்காள். 1. The goddess of misfortune, மூதேவி. 11. A matron, a lady, a woman of distinction, பெரு மையிற்சிறந்தவள். 12. The sixteenth lunar asterism, விசாகநாள். 13. The eighteenth lunar asterism, கேட்டைநாள். 14. (R.) A winnowing fan, முறம். சேஷ்டாதேவி, s. The goddess மூதேவி. சேஷ்டைகல்லி, s. Different gesticulation of young children, as in fondling. (Rare.) Compare சஷ்டகல்லி. குரங்குச்சேட்டை, s. Mimicry. See குரங்கு. கைச்சேட்டை, s. Ungraceful gestures of the hand. See கை. தருமச்சேட்டை, s. A fan full of corn, set aside at the threshing floor in order to be given to the poor. (R.) மரணசேஷ்டை, s. Convulsions at the approach of death. சேட்டைக்காரன், s. A man full of tricks, gestures, &c. 2. One of indecent gestures, &c. 3. One who plays roughly, &c., 4. A caperer, one who makes ludicrous gestures, &c. சேட்டைபண்ண, inf. To make idle or indecent gestures. 2. To play pranks, to caper, gambol, gesticulate. 3. To play roughly with a disease. 5. To trouble, annoy. 6. To form, create, produce, evolve--as words, from primituve matter. வியாதியடிக்கடிசேட்டைபண்ணுகிறது. The disease shows itself, or annoys, again and again. சேட்டைப்பட, inf. To be formed or created, to rise, or come into existence --as the universe; be evolved out of primitive atoms. (தீ. 176.) 32)

pti (p. 294) கிறது, ந்தது, யும், ய, v. n. To be imprinted, impressed, engraven, indented, அழுந்த. 2. To be fixed, inserted, ingrafted, inlaid. --as a gem, metal or ivory; to be imbedded, implanted, இழைக்கப்பட. 3. To be paved, flagged, bricked, பாவப்பட. 4. To be set, as a seal, to be marked, to be stamped, முத்திரையழுந்த. 5. To be low, as land; to be depressed, sunk, hollow, worn away, தாழ. 6. To be mild, gentle, tractable, submissive, modest, humble; to be reduced, as mental energy, the operative principle of Deity in the soul, causing a cessation of moral actions, &c., அமைய. 7. To be absorbed, engrossed, involved as the mind in any object ஊன்ற. 8. To be written, entered, inserted, registered, எழுதப்பட. 9. To be low, to be placed lower; to decline or be near setting, as a heavenly body; to descend, to light, as a bird, சாய. 1. To sink in; as the foot, or as a wheel, &c., in mud; to enter, to penetrate as into a soft body, ஆழ. 11. To stoop, to below or close to the ground; to squat, to crouch, to cower, குனிய. 12. To perch, to roost, as a bird, தங்க. 13. To be invested with power, authority or prerogative, அதிகாரம்பெறப்பட. 14. To be reduced in price, விலைதணிய. 15. To be piously disposed, பணிய. 16. To quail, to flinch, பதுங்க. 17. v. a. கிறேன், ந்தேன், வேன், ய. To register, enter in writing, எழுத. (c.) அவனைக்கணக்கிலேபதிந்தேன். I took him on the roll. பதிந்தநிலம், s. Low land. பதிபடை, s. An army lying in ambush, பதிவிருக்குஞ்சேனை. See படை. பதிஎழுதுதல், v. noun. Writing with pressure of the hand. 2. As பதித் தெழுத, 2. மனதிலேபதிய, inf. To be impressed on the mind. விலையைப்பதியகேட்க, inf. To bid lower, to beat down the price. நடந்துநடந்துகல்லுப்பதிந்துபோயிற்று......The stones are worn by continual walking. 22)

ptukkm (p. 294) s. Skulking, lurking, hiding one's self or another, ஒளிப்பு. 2. Clandestine conduct, கபடம். 3. Stooping, crouching, hiding, as one watching to shoot game, or as a beast to spring on its prey, &c., ப துங்குகை. 4. Servility, cringing, fawning, truckling, ஒதுக்கம்; [ex பதுங்கு.] (c.) பதுக்கமாய்நடக்க, inf. To walk sneakingly. 2. To be carried on clandestinely. 44)

ptungku (p. 294) கிறேன், பதுங்கினேன், வேன், பதுங்க, v. n. To hide, to conceal one's self, as a person to shoot game; to lurk as an animal for prey, ஒளிக்க. 2. To lie in ambush, to crouch, பதிவிருக்க. 3. To be backward, reluctant, to stand back, பின் னிற்க. 4. To fawn, to cringe, to truckle, to crouch, to creep, ஒடுங்க. (c.) பதுங்கி, s. A skulker, as பதுங்கலன். பதுங்கித்திரிய, inf. To skulk about, as one afraid to come in public. பதுங்கிப்பதுங்கிவர, inf. To come sneakingly. பதுங்கிப்பார்க்க, inf. To lurk and peep out. பதுங்கியிருக்க, inf. To lurk, to sneak, to slink, to hide one's self. பதுங்கல், v. noun. Skulking, lurking. பதுங்கலன், s. A skulker, a cringer, பதுங்கி. 2. A shy, backward person, நழுவி. 48) *

viṇṇāṇm (p. 393) s. Knowledge, wisdom, as விஞ்ஞானம். 2. Pretended speech, habit, &c., artfulness, சாதுரியம். 3. Fashion, taste, assumed qualities of a high character, நாகரீகம். (Colloq.) விண்ணாணக்காரன், s. An ostentatious person, one ludicrously witty. 22)