சுருங்கு

Compare சுருள் (curuḷ). Cognate with Kannada ಸುರ್ಕು (surku), Malayalam ചുരുങ്ങുക (curuṅṅuka) and Telugu సురుగు (surugu).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuɾuŋɡɯ/, [suɾuŋɡɯ]

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சுருங்கு • (curuṅku) (intransitive)

1. to shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle

   Synonym: ஒடுங்கு (oṭuṅku)

2. to lessen, dwindle; to be reduced, curtailed, compressed

   Synonym: சிறுகு (ciṟuku)

3. to be epitomised, summarised
4. to be puckered, creased (as clothes, etc)
5. to close, as flower, umbrella; to be furled, drawn in, as the limbs of tortoise

   Synonym: உள்ளடங்கு (uḷḷaṭaṅku)

6. to fail, as in duty

• சுருக்கு (curukku) (causative)

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “சுருங்கு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press