Col-akupeyar, Collākupeyar, Collakupeyar, Col-aku-peyar, Colaku-peyar: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Collākupeyar (சொல்லாகுபெயர்) [col-āku-peyar] noun < idem. +. A species of metonymy in which a term signifying word is used to denote a composition, oral or written, as in நூலுக்கு உரை செய்தான்; 'உரை செய்தான்' என்பதில் உரையென் பது அம்மொழியால் உணரப்படும் பொருளுக்கு ஆவது போன்ற ஆகுபெயர். [nulukku urai seythan; 'urai seythan' enpathil uraiyen pathu ammozhiyal unarappadum porulukku avathu ponra agupeyar.] (நன். [nan.] 290, உரை. [urai.])

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