புகு

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *puẓu. Cognate with Tamil புழு (puḻu).

• IPA^(key): /puɡu/

புகு (puku)

1. worm (dialectal, Vattekada Irula)

   Synonym: பூ (pū)

• Gerard F. Diffloth (1968), The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil‎^[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 16

• IPA^(key): /pʊɡʊ/, [pʊɡɯ]

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புகு • (puku) (intransitive)

1. to reach, attain, enter

   Synonyms: நுழை (nuḻai), அடை (aṭai)

2. to make a beginning, commence

   Synonym: தொடங்கு (toṭaṅku)

3. to go, proceed

   Synonym: செல் (cel)

4. to begin

   Synonym: தொடங்கு (toṭaṅku)

5. to come to a mean or abject condition
6. to enter upon (as a particular age or stage of life)
7. to mount on, ride

   Synonym: ஏறு (ēṟu)

8. to happen, come to pass

   Synonym: நிகழ் (nikaḻ)

9. to undergo

   Synonym: உட்படு (uṭpaṭu)

10. to be caught

    Synonyms: மாட்டு (māṭṭu), சிக்கு (cikku), அகப்படு (akappaṭu)

Alternative form

Causative of புகு (puku).

புகு • (puku) (transitive)

1. to cause to enter

   Synonym: போகவிடு (pōkaviṭu)

2. to insert, put in

   Synonym: உட்செலுத்து (uṭceluttu)

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “புகு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• University of Madras (1924–1936), “புகு-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press