kṟpu (p. 102) s. Female virtue, conjugal fidelity, chastity, constancy, the virtue of a good wife, மகளிற்கற்பு. 2. (p.) Propriety, fitness, முறைமை. 3. Learning, study, knowledge, literature, information, intelligence, கல்வி. 4. Destiny, divine ordination, விதி. 5. A raised area within a fortification, மதிலுண்மேடை. 6. A surrounding wall, a fortification, மதில். 7. The முல்லை flower shrub, regarded by poets as an emblem of female chastity. 8. Justness, equity, moral rectitude, நீதிநெறி. 9. An ordinance, command, கற்பனை. கற்பலங்காரி, s. A chaste virgin or woman. கற்பழிக்க--கற்புக்குலைக்க, inf. To defile, corrupt chastity, to deflour. கற்புக்குலைக்கிறவன், s. A ravisher, a deflourer. கற்பழிந்தபெண், s. A defloured woman. கற்பழிய, inf. To be defloured. கற்பழியாதபெண், s. A virgin, an undefiled woman, கன்னி. கற்பாட்டி--கற்பினாள்--கற்புடை யாள், s. A chaste woman, கற்புடையவள். கற்புடைமகளிரத்தியாயம், s. The chapter which treats of the qualities of a chaste woman, contained in the book காசிகாண்டம். கற்பியல், s. A branch of அகப் பொருள், which treats of female chastity, கற்பொழுக்கங்கூறுமியல். கற்பிலக்கணம், s. The rules of chastity and housewifery. கற்புடைமை, s. Female chastity and virtue. கற்புநெறி, s. Female chastity (a pleonastic form). கற்புவலிமை, s. The power of female chastity and virtue. 2. The miraculous efficacy of female chastity, which, when possessed in a high degree, is considered capable of counteracting the order of nature. 26)

tngku (p. 221) கிறேன், தங்கினேன், வேன், தங்க, v. n. To stay, to sojourn, to lodge, to halt, to wait, to stand still, வைக. 2. To rest, to be seated, to have a place, residence, &c., ஓய்ந்திருக்க. 3. To cease to flow, as the menses; to be obstructed in its course, as water; to be stopped, as a floating thing or a car; to be fixed as substance between the teeth; to adhere, or inhere, தடைபட. 4. To hesitate in speaking, தாமதிக்க. 5. To be reserved or kept back, to remain due, இருப்பாயிருக்க. 6. To rely or depend on, to be dependent, சார்ந்திருக்க. 7. To continue as property or prosperity; to be retained in the mind, நிலைபெற்றிருக்க. (c.) அவன்கையிலேபணந்தங்காது. Money will not stay in his hand. வயிற்றிலேயொன்றுந்தங்குகிறதில்லை. Nothing remains in his bowels. தங்கித்தங்கிவாசிக்க, inf. To read with hesitation, difficulty, stopping, &c. தங்கிநின்றமழை, s. [prov.] Rain after cessation and drought. தங்கிவிழ, inf. To be impeded in falling--as fruits, &c., and then to fall afterwards. தங்கு, v. noun. Staying, stopping, தங் குதல். தங்குகடலுக்குப்போக--தங்குதோணிக் குப்போக, inf. [prov. vul.] To go on a fishing trip for a few days. தங்குதடை, s. Hesitation, impediment, (c.) தங்குதண்ணீர், s. Water lodged in hollows after rain, &c. 2. Water collected in a well. 3. Irrigation of a field or garden, after a lapse of the proper time. 4. Water lodged on foliage, roofs, &c, and then dropping. கூரைத்தண்ணீர். 5. Water impeded for a time and then flowing with force, on the removal of the obstruction. தங்குதண்ணீரிறைக்க, inf. [prov.] To irrigate after some delay. தங்குதரி--தங்குதரிப்பு, v. noun. Stopping, halting; impediment, a pleonastic form. See தரி. தங்குதுறை, s. [prov.] A port at which a vessel touches. தங்குவலை, s. [prov.] A net cast into the sea, and left for some hours, to catch fish. 25)

māttiram (p. 349) s. [a pleonastic addition to words.] Quantity, measure, &c., பிரமாணம். (c.) 2. The primitive, subtle, invisible type of visible elementary matter. See தன்மாத்திரை. 3. [as an adv.] Only, solely, exclusively, merely, ஓருரிச்சொற்குறிப்பு. W. p. 656. MATTRA. எம்மாத்திரம். How much? அம்மாத்திரம். So much. இம்மாத்திரம். This much. நான்மாத்திரம்வந்தேன். I came alone. அவன்சொன்னமாத்திரத்திலே. As soon as he had spoken. அதைமாத்திரங்கொண்டுவா. Bring that only. 49) *