Ilu, Iḻu: 2 definitions
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusIlu (ಇಲು):—[noun] a place of normal dwelling; a house; a home.
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Īlu (ಈಲು):—[noun] the state of (an animal) being pregnant with an offspring.
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Īlu (ಈಲು):—[noun] free and intimate behaviour; absence of formality and ceremony in personal relation; intimacy; familiarity.
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Īḷu (ಈಳು):—[verb] to praise; to extol; to laud.
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 LexiconIḻu (இழு) [iḻuttal] 11 verb [Telugu: īḍu, īḍtsu, K. iḻ, M. iḻu.] transitive
1. To draw, pull, haul, drag along the ground; ஈர்த்தல். [irthal.]
2. To draw to oneself, attract, as a magnet; கவர்தல். [kavarthal.]
3. To influence, persuade by coaxing, wheedle; வசப்படுத்துதல். [vasappaduthuthal.]
4. To lengthen, stretch, attenuate by pulling, draw out; நீளச்செய்தல். [nilacheythal.]
5. To drag one into an affair; to haul up a person, as to court; to deliberately bring in one’s name in support of an argument; வலிந்து சம்பந்தப்படுத்துதல். [valinthu sambanthappaduthuthal.]
6. To protract, as time; காலநீட்டித்தல். [kalanittithal.] Colloq.
7. To lengthen, as the sound in singing, speaking, or in reading; ஒலியை நீட்டுதல். [oliyai nittuthal.] Colloq.
8. To draw into, as a whirlwind; to swallow up, engulf, as a vortex in a stream; உள் வாங்குதல். வெள்ளம் இழுக்கிறது. [ul vanguthal. vellam izhukkirathu.]
9. To absorb, as a sponge; உறிஞ்சுதல். [urinchuthal.] — intransitive Colloq.
1. To have one’s features or limbs distorted in spasms, have convulsions; to be twitched with pain, often used impersonally; வலிப்புண்டாதல். கைகால் வாயுவினால் இழுக்கிறது. [valippundathal. kaigal vayuvinal izhukkirathu.]
2. To gasp for breath, as from asthma or from approach of death; சுவாசம் வாங்குதல். [suvasam vanguthal.]
3. To draw back, retreat; பின்வாங்குதல். [pinvanguthal.]
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 (+42): Il-uraikal, Il-uraiteyvam, Iluaa, Ilubarata, Ilufu, Ilugade, Ilugu, Iluham, Iluhisu, Iluhu, Ilujaru, Iluk, Ilukkal, Ilukkaru, Ilukkati, Ilukku, Ilukkuppotukkenal, Iluku, Ilukuni, Ilulo enyinnono.
Ends with (+593): Aane neggilu, Aane nerigilu, Aane-neggilu, Aanenegilu, Abhilu, Accu-puttiilu, Achilu, Adabilu, Adakilu, Adavibilu, Addabilu, Adibilu, Adikilu, Agasebagilu, Agilu, Ailapaila, Ailu, Ajaribilu, Akilu, Akkilu.
Full-text: Ilupari, Obele ilu, Ojere ilu, Mukaviluppu, Varttaiyilu, Payilu, Icuppu, Vayilu, Kampiyilu, Accu-puttiilu, Tampun-tonti-um-ayilu, Iluttukkontunil, Iluttuppecu, Koluviyilu, Cantiyililu, Puriyai-kattiilu, Iluval, Ici, Ilai.
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