Kucu, Kūcu: 2 definitions

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Kucu means something in Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kūcu (ಕೂಚು):—[noun] a heavy wooden pillar supporting a beam of the roof of a building.

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Kūcu (ಕೂಚು):—[noun] = ಕೂಚ [kuca]3.

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Kūcu (ಕೂಚು):—[noun] the act or an instance of preparing; the process or fact of being prepared; preparation.

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Kūcu (ಕೂಚು):—

1) [noun] a movement or shifting of the base of an army camp from one place to another.

2) [noun] ಕೂಚು ಮಾಡು [kucu madu] kūcu māḍu to move with a contingent of an army.

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Kūcu (ಕೂಚು):—[verb] (a nursery term) to sit.

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kucu (குசு) noun Onomatopoeic [K. hūsu.] Fart, wind or gas generated in the bowels and broken downwards; அபானவாயு. [apanavayu.]

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Kūcu (கூசு) [kūcutal] 5 intransitive verb cf. kuc. [Malayalam: kūcu.]

1. To be shy, bashful, coy; நாணுதல். அச்சமுங் கொண்டு கூசி [nanuthal. achamung kondu kusi] (திருவிளையாடற் புராணம் திருநாட். [thiruvilaiyadar puranam thirunad.] 31).

2. To be ticklish; உடல் கூச்சங்கொள்ளுதல். [udal kuchangolluthal.]

3. To be tender, weak, sensitive, as an eye, a limb; to be set on edge, as a tooth; கண்பல் முதலியன கூசு தல். காணக்கண் கூசுதே (தனிப்பாடற்றிரட்டு). [kanpal muthaliyana kusu thal. kanakkan kusuthe (thanippadarrirattu).]

4. To recoil, shrink back, as from fear; அஞ்சிப் பின்வாங்குதல். கூசினவல்ல பேசி நாணின [anchip pinvanguthal. kusinavalla pesi nanina] (கம்பராமாயணம் பூக்கொய். [kambaramayanam pukkoy.] 6).

5. To be routed, as an army; நிலைகுலைதல். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [nilaigulaithal. (pingalagandu)]

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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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