Kantunkanamai, Kaṇṭuṅkāṇāmai, Kantun-kanamai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKaṇṭuṅkāṇāmai (கண்டுங்காணாமை) [kaṇṭuṅ-kāṇāmai] noun < idem. +.
1. Pretending not to have seen while actually having seen; பார்த்தும் பாராததுபோலிருக் கை. [parthum parathathupolirug kai.]
2. Overlooking as if not seeing; அலட்சி யமாயிருக்கை. [aladsi yamayirukkai.]
3. Seeing with one’s eyes and yet failing to observe; கண்ணாற்கண்டும் விஷயத் தைக்கிரகிக்க இயலாமை. [kannarkandum vishayath thaikkiragikka iyalamai.] (விவிலியநூல் மார்க். [viviliyanul mark.] 4, 12.)
4. State of being at once sufficient and insufficient; apparent insufficiency; போதியதும் போதாதது மாகை. சமைத்தசோறு கண்டுங் காணாமையுமாயிருந்தது. [pothiyathum pothathathu magai. samaithasoru kandung kanamaiyumayirunthathu.]
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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