Nalunku, Naluṅku, Naḻuṅku, Naḷuṅku: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconNaluṅku (நலுங்கு) noun See நலங்கு. [nalangu.] Tinnevelly usage
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Naḻuṅku (நழுங்கு) [naḻuṅkutal] 5 intransitive verb (J.)
1. To become blunted, as a point; to be dull; மழுங்குதல். [mazhunguthal.]
2. To be ploughed with shallow furrows; to be written or engraven with a faint impression; கீறப்பெறுதல். [kirapperuthal.]
3. To slip; வழுவுதல். [vazhuvuthal.]
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Naḷuṅku (நளுங்கு) noun (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])
1. Indian scaly ant-eater. See அழுங்கு [azhungu],
1. 2. Bivalve, mussel; கிளிஞ்சில். [kilinchil.]
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Naluṅku (நலுங்கு) [naluṅkutal] 5 intransitive verb cf. நலங்கு-. [nalangu-.]
1. To slip off; நெகிழ்தல். கலைகள் அவிழ்ந்தவிழ்ந்து நலுங்க [negizhthal. kalaigal avizhnthavizhnthu nalunga] (கனம்கிருஷ்ணையர் [kanamkirushnaiyar], 107).
2. To become lean; மெலிதல். தேகம் . . . நலுங்க [melithal. thegam . . . nalunga] (கனம்கிருஷ்ணையர் [kanamkirushnaiyar], 107).
3. To be distressed; நலிவுறுதல். வயிற்றிலிருந்த காலம் நலுங் காமல் நோக்கினவள் [nalivuruthal. vayirriliruntha kalam nalung kamal nokkinaval] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரிய.ாழ். [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyazh.] 3, 2, 8, வ்யா. பக். [vya. pag.] 552).
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