தப்பு

Compare Kannada ತಪ್ಪು (tappu), Malayalam തപ്പു (tappu) and Telugu తప్పు (tappu).

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• IPA^(key): /t̪apːɯ/

தப்பு • (tappu)

1. error, mistake

   இது ஒரு தப்பு. ― itu oru tappu. ― This is a mistake.

2. misdeed, misdemeanour
3. slip, failure
4. lie, falsehood
5. fraud, deception
6. escape, flight, slipping away, release, extrication
7. beating clothes in washing

தப்பு • (tappu)

1. (intransitive) to err, mistake, blunder, fail
2. to be unserviceable, fruitless or valueless
3. to go wrong (as a tune, a recitation, or calculation)
4. to be omitted
5. to escape injury, be saved, rescued, preserved
6. to be lost
7. (colloquial) to die
8. to grope, feel about
9. (transitive) to offend, commit an offence against
10. to kill, destroy
11. to strike
12. to beat on a stone (as when washing clothes)
13. to beat into cakes (as flour, mud etc...)
14. to pat, clap
15. to feel about and search
16. to smear (as sandal paste); to put on and rub, as cooling ingredients
17. to escape, slip away from
18. to collect (as money)

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “தப்பு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• University of Madras (1924–1936) “தப்பு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “தப்பு”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House