Mappu, Māppu: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Mappu (மப்பு) noun [Telugu: K. mabbu.]

1. Being overcast or cloudy; மேகமூட்டம். [megamuttam.]

2. Indigestion; அசீரணம். [asiranam.]

3. Bewilderment; beclouded state of the intellect, as by intoxication; மயக் கம். [mayag kam.]

4. Dullness; மட்டித்தனம். [mattithanam.]

5. Arrogance; செருக்கு. இந்த ஆள்களின் மப்பை எடுக்கவேணும். [serukku. intha alkalin mappai edukkavenum.] Local usage

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Māppu (மாப்பு) noun (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])

1. Abundance; மிகுதி. [miguthi.]

2. Shoal of fish; மீன்றிரள். [minriral.]

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Māppu (மாப்பு) noun See மாபி. [mapi.] Colloq.

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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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