திருப்பு

Causative of திரும்பு (tirumpu).

• IPA^(key): /t̪iɾupːɯ/

திருப்பு • (tiruppu)

1. to cause to return, send back
2. (transitive) to turn, deflect, cause to turn in a different direction
3. to twist, wring, distort
4. to translate, render into a different language
5. to revise, as a lesson
6. to invert, turn upside down
7. to wind up a clock
8. to redeem, as a mortgage
9. to return, give back, restore
10. to shake, revolve
11. to cure a disease, to avert a disaster by magic
12. to return an evil spirit to the one who sent it, by counter magic
13. to turn over, as the pages of a book

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