ilai (p. 55) s. A vegetable leaf, foliage, அடை. 2. (p.) Miserly character, உலோ பத்தனம். 3. Betel-leaf, வெற்றிலை. இலைகிள்ள, inf. To cut or nip leaves in different figures with the nails --an amusement of women. See கைத் தொழில். இலைக்கதவு, s. [vul.] A venetian door, or window. இலைக்கலம், s. Leaves stitched together and used as plates. (p.) இலைக்கள்ளி, s. A medicinal plant, Euphorbia neriifolia, L. See கள்ளி. இலைக்கறி, s. Herbs or leaves fit for food, அடகு. இலைக்காம்பு, s. Stalk of a leaf. இலைக்கிளி, s. A grasshopper with leaf-like wings. See கிளி. இலைக்குறடு, s. A goldsmith's tongs. See குறடு. இலைக்கொடி, s. The betel-creeper, வெற்றிலைக்கொடி, Piper betel. இலைக்கொழுக்கட்டை, s. A kind of thin pastry like a leaf. See கொழுக் கட்டை. இலைதைக்க, inf. To stitch leaves together to be used instead of plates. இலைத்திரி, s. A roll of leaf inserted in the perforation of the ear to cure the sore occasioned by piercing. இலைநரம்பு, s. The fibre of a leaf. இலைபறிக்க, inf. To pluck off leaves. இலைப்பாசி, s. A kind of plant. See பாசி. இலைப்பொல்லம், s. [prov.] Sewing leaves together, இலைதைக்கை. 2. A piece of leaf, commonly plantain, to eat from, வாழையிலைத்துண்டு. இலைமூக்கரிகத்தி, s. A kind of knife for cutting the stem of the betelleaf, வெற்றிலைக்காம்பரிகத்தி. இலையறுக்க, inf. To cut off leaves. இலையுதிர்வு, s. The fall of leaves, இலைவிழுகை. 2. An ancient forest, முது காடு. இலைவாணிகம்--இலைவாணிபம், s. Cultivation of, and trade in vegetables. இலைவாணிபர், s. Sellers of betelleaf, vegetables, &c.--one of the eighteen குடிமக்கள். இலைத்தல்--இலையிலைத்தல், v. noun. [prov.] Being tasteless--as unseasoned food, or as vegetable curry, by being kept too long, சுவைகுறைதல். 2. Losing its taste--as the mouth in sickness, வாய் அரோசித்தல். 3. Growing green, பச்சை நிறமாதல். 18) *

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)

kūmpu (p. 134) கிறது, கூம்பினது, ம், கூம்ப, v. n. To close conically, to close--as a flower. குவிய. 2. To contract itself, to shrink, ஒடுங் க. (Compare the verb சூம்பு.) 3. To close --as the mind, excluding worldly things, மனமடங்க. கூம்பிக்கொண்டிருக்க, inf. To sit down close and motionless--as a bird at roost. கூம்பல், v. noun. Closing up, &c., குவி தல். 2. Shrinking, &c., ஒடுங்குதல். 19)

tṉi (p. 231) க்கிறேன், த்தேன், ப்பேன், தனிக்க, v. n. To be alone, single solitary, தனியா யிருக்க. 2. To be detached from company, ஒன்றியாக. 3. To have no mate, fellow, equal or match, ஒட்டாதிருக்க. 4. To be deserted, forsaken, helpless--as by the departure, or death of friends, அந்தரிக்க. (c.) தனிக்க, inf. [adverbially.] Alone, apart, &c., as தனிப்பெற. தனித்தஇடம், s. A solitary place. தனித்தகுடி, s. A solitary family. 2. A destitute, forlorn or helpless family. தனித்தாள், s. (a contraction of தனி த்த and ஆள்.) A single person, as a bachelor, widow, &c. 2. A helpless, forlorn, destitute person; also தனியாள். தனித்திருக்க, inf. (as தனிக்க.) To be alone; to be single, unmarried; to be alone, as a recluse. தனித்துக்கொள்ள, inf. [vul. prop. த னித்திருக்க.] To be left, forsaken, detached, to be alone--by banishment or otherwise--to be helpless, forlorn. தனித்துப்பேச, inf. To speak privately to any one. தனித்துப்போக, inf. To go alone, to go by one's self. 32)