Muluku: 2 definitions

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Muluku 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

Muluku (ಮುಲುಕು):—

1) [verb] to suffer the throes of childbirth; to be in labour.

2) [verb] to make a plaintive, sad crying sound.

3) [verb] to make short, emphatic sound while struggling to do something.

4) [verb] to move aside slowly.

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Muluku (ಮುಲುಕು):—

1) [noun] a short plaintive, crying sound (made by woman from throes of childbirth).

2) [noun] any such sound made while striving, struggling hard or from severe pain or spasm.

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Muluku (ಮುಲುಕು):—[adjective] = ಮುಲ್ಕಿ [mulki]1.

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Muluku (ಮುಲುಕು):—[noun] = ಮುಲ್ಕಿ [mulki]2.

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Muḷuku (ಮುಳುಕು):—[verb] = ಮುಳುಗು [mulugu]1.

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Muḷuku (ಮುಳುಕು):—[noun] = ಮುಳುಗು [mulugu]2.

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Muḻuku (ಮುೞುಕು):—[verb] = ಮುೞುಗು [mulugu].

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Muḻuku (ಮುೞುಕು):—

1) [noun] the state or fact of being under the surface of a liquid.

2) [noun] a bathing by immersing oneself in water.

3) [noun] the daily disappearance of the sun below the western horizon; the sunset.

4) [noun] a ceasing to exist; the fact of ending or being ended.

context information

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

Muḻuku (முழுகு) [muḻukutal] 5 intransitive verb [Telugu: munugu, K. muḻu, M. muḻuguga.]

1. To bathe the entire body by dipping or pouring; ஸ்நானம் செய்தல். [snanam seythal.]

2. To be entirely immersed, as in business; அழுந்தி யிருத்தல். [azhunthi yiruthal.]

3. To sink; அமிழ்ந்து போதல். கப்பல் முழுகிவிட்டது. [amizhnthu pothal. kappal muzhugivittathu.]

4. To be in menses; மாதவிடாயடைதல். [mathavidayadaithal.] (W.)

5. To be irretrievably involved in debts; சொத்து மீட்க முடியாமல் கடனுள் அமிழ்ந்து போதல். [sothu midka mudiyamal kadanul amizhnthu pothal.] Local usage

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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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