tongku (p. 262) கிறேன், தொங்கினேன், வேன், தொங்க, v. n. To hang, to be suspended, to hang down, to stick, or hang, ready to fall; to dangle, தூங்க. 2. To adhere as any thing to the bowels, தங்க. 3. (fig.) To remain long with one, as another's property, நிலுவைப்பட. (c.) 4. To move with leaps --as a child skipping, or a beast gallopping, குதிக்க. 5. [in burlesque.] To run away, to slip off (to die) with விடுதல், or போகுதல்; குழுஉக்குறி--Most of the compounds are limited to Jaffna. தொங்காரப்பாய்ச்சல், v. noun. A jolting pace, jumping movement, gallop of a horse, குதிரையோட்டம். தொங்கிப்பாய, inf. To rise high in walking, to gallop, to skin. 2. (fig.) To be haughty, to assume airs. தொங்கிப்போக, inf. To be lodged and lost as a thing thrown. 2. (fig.) To be in another's possession, to be lost, to be unjustly appropriated--as a deposit, to become burdensome as a debt. 3. To tarry in the road from fatigue. (c.) 4. [in cant.] To die. 4. [prov.] To run away. தொங்கிவிழ, inf. To jump and tumble down. 2. To be haughty, to be exposed to fall. தொங்குகாது, s. Hanging ears. (c.) தொங்குபறிவு--தொங்குபொறி--தொங் குபொறிவு, v. noun. [prov.] Hanging just ready to fall; to slip off; to turn over, ஒட்டியும்ஒட்டாதிருத்தல். 2. (fig.) Ready or waiting for a pretext to leave a company, விலகுதற்கேதுபார்த்தல். தொங்குகிழவன், s. A decrepit, old man. (R.) தொங்குபுளுகன், s. [prov.] A vain person, who walks with a conceited springing gait, பெரும்புளுகன். 25)