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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cippu (ಚಿಪ್ಪು):—

1) [noun] a hard, bivalve outer covering, as of mollusc, insect, egg, etc.; a shell.

2) [noun] the hard shell of a coconut covering the kernel; coconut-shell.

3) [noun] the top bony top portion of the skull.

4) [noun] a small chest or box with a lid, as for jewels; a casket.

5) [noun] a thin piece of wood, bone, etc., made by splitting or breaking; a sliver; a splinter.

6) [noun] a thin and sharp piece of wood; a splint.

7) [noun] a kind of musical instrument.

8) [noun] the outer covering of anything.

9) [noun] a single cluster of banana fruits.

10) [noun] a shell or vessel having a hollow with a pointed mouth, used to feed milk to babies.

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Cippu (ಚಿಪ್ಪು):—[noun] a piece of wood or stone that is tapering from a thick back to a thin edge, used as a wedge.

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Cippu (ಚಿಪ್ಪು):—[noun] the grass Cymbopogan schoenanthus (= Andropogon schoenanthus) of Poaceae family.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cīppu (சீப்பு) noun < சீ-. [si-.]

1. [Telugu: cīpu, K. cippu, M. cīppu.] Comb; மயிர்வாருங் கருவி. பெரு வெண் சீப்பிற் றிருவுற வாரி [mayirvarung karuvi. peru ven sippir riruvura vari] (பெருங்கதை உஞ்சைக். [perungathai unchaig.] 34, 190).

2. [Telugu: cīpu, M. cīppu, Travancore usage kīpu.] Small cluster or bunch of plantain fruits; வாழைக் குலைச் சீப்பு. [vazhaig kulais sippu.] Colloq.

3. [Malayalam: cīppu.] Bolt; கத வின் தாழ். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [katha vin thazh. (pingalagandu)]

4. [Malayalam: cīppu.] Wooden brace to a door, driven into the ground in bolting; கதவுக்கு வலியாக உள்வாயிற்படியில் நிலத்தே வீழ விடும் மரம். எழுவுஞ் சீப்பும் [kathavukku valiyaga ulvayirpadiyil nilathe vizha vidum maram. ezhuvugn sippum] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 15, 215).

5. Shutter of a sluice; மதகிலுள்ள அடைபலகை. [mathagilulla adaipalagai.] Nāñ.

6. Rib; விலா வெலும்பு. [vila velumbu.] (J.)

7. Bones of the shoulder joint; தோட்சீப்பு. [thodsippu.] (W.)

8. Weaver's reed frame having parallel flat strips of metal or reed between which the warp threads pass; நெய்தற்கருவியின் ஓர் உறுப்பு. [neytharkaruviyin or uruppu.]

9. See சீப்பங்கோரை. (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [sippangorai. (vaithiya muligai)]

10. Lamina, flat piece; பாளம். [palam.] Tinnevelly usage

11. That which is wafted, as fragrance by wind; காற்று முதலியவற்றால் அடித் துக்கொண்டு வரப்படுவது. நாற்றம் . . . மலிர்கால் சீப்பு [karru muthaliyavarral adith thukkondu varappaduvathu. narram . . . malirkal sippu] (பரிபாடல் [paripadal] 8, 54).

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Cīppu (சீப்பு) [cīpputal] 5 transitive verb [Telugu: K. cīpu.] To suck; சப்புதல். [sapputhal.] Colloq.

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Starts with: Cippucavay, Cippuccippi, Cippuccuranti, Cippugattu, Cippuhamdi, Cippukkorai, Cippukumte, Cippuppanikaram, Cippuppotu, Cippuratimuli.

Ends with (+5): Acippu, Avecippu, Edecippu, Elumpuccippu, Gappucippu, Iccippu, Iratcippu, Kacikacippu, Kaiccippu, Kappecippu, Karcippu, Mucippu, Municippu, Munnuccippu, Neruncippu, Nocippu, Piccippu, Poyccippu, Pucippu, Tantaccippu.

Full-text: Tantaccippu, Cippukkorai, Cippuccuranti, Karcippu, Elumpuccippu, Cippuppanikaram, Kaiccippu, Cippankorai, Cippuccippi, Erkkuli, Maikoti, Cippuppotu, Cikkankol, Poyccippu, Shepa, Talaivari, Sippu, Cikkam, Patalai, Vari.

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