Alternative spellings of this word include Chivu.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Civu (चिवु).—m.

(-vuḥ) The chin: see the next. cīva saṃvaraṇe u-pṛṣo0 hrasvaḥ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Civu (चिवु):—(vuḥ) 2. m. The chin.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Civu (ಚಿವು):—[noun] a succession of quick, inarticulate, speech-like sounds of birds; the low chattering of birds (in group).

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Cīvu (ಚೀವು):—

1) [verb] to taper or sharpen one end of a writing-pencil.

2) [verb] to draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips, cheeks, and tongue; to suck.

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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

Cīvu (சீவு) [cīvutal] 5 transitive verb

1. [Kanarese, Malayalam: cīvu.] To pare off, shave or scrape off; செதுக்கிக் கழித் தல். புலவு சீவாப் புதுப் போர்வை [sethukkig kazhith thal. pulavu sivap puthup porvai] (காசிகண்டம் பிரமன்வே. [kasigandam piramanve.] 8).

2. To smooth or polish by planing; மர மிழைத்தல். [mara mizhaithal.]

3. To comb or brush the hair; தலை வாருதல். சீவிய கூந்தல் [thalai varuthal. siviya kunthal] (இராமநாடகம் பாலகா. [iramanadagam palaga.] 19.)

4. To sweep clean, as floor; பெருக்குதல். களஞ் சீவித் தயாராயிருக்கிறது. [perukkuthal. kalagn sivith thayarayirukkirathu.] Local usage

5. To clean, as teeth; பல் முதலியவை துலக்குதல். பற்சீவுங் கோல் [pal muthaliyavai thulakkuthal. parsivung kol] (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு [sudamaninigandu] 7, 62).

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Civuda, Civudike, Civudu, Civugannu, Civugudu, Civuka, Civukali, Civukam, Civukuli, Civuli, Civulikkutu, Civumtu, Civunacavuna, Civupulukkotiyal, Civuru, Civurugaya, Civutu.

Full-text: Talaicivu, Civupulukkotiyal, Palaicivu, Parcivu, Kurcivu, Civuka, Sivu, Civi, Civirkku, Anaiyuritton, Kulampukillu, Civuli, Civatam, Civikkattu, Cival, Vitam.

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