விடு

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wiṭu. Cognate with Kannada ಬಿಡು (biḍu), Malayalam വിടുക (viṭuka), Telugu విడు (viḍu), Brahui بِٹِنْگ (biṭiṅg).

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪɖʊ/, [ʋɪɖɯ]

விடு • (viṭu)

1. to let go
2. (transitive) to leave, quit, part with
3. (auxiliary) an auxiliary verb having the force of certainty, intensity
4. to get rid of
5. to pour
6. to permit, let, allow
7. to split, separate, disentangle
8. to abandon, forsake
9. to dispatch, send away
10. to liberate, set free, release
11. to leave off, discontinue
12. to omit, leave out
13. to end, finish, conclude
14. to emit, issue, discharge, give out, let out
15. to send forth, discharge
16. to throw
17. to give, bestow
18. to say, tell
19. to describe in detail
20. to publish, expose
21. to indicate, point out
22. to express, give out
23. to form
24. to solve
25. (intransitive) to be separated, divided
26. to be opened
27. to loosen, release
28. to blossom
29. to appear, be formed
30. to increase
31. to stay
32. to remove
33. to cease, stop
34. to be split, broken or cracked
35. to be let off, discontinued
36. to leave interspace (as in writing)
37. to pause (in reading)
38. to lose strength
39. to become loose, disjointed
40. to be cut

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “விடு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “viṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.