புணர்

• IPA^(key): /puɳaɾ/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognate to Kannada ಪೊಣರ್ (poṇar).

புணர் • (puṇar)

1. (transitive) to join, unite

   Synonym: பொருந்து (poruntu)

2. (transitive) to have sex, copulate
3. (transitive) to associate with, keep company with

   Synonym: அளவளாவு (aḷavaḷāvu)

4. (transitive) to undertake
5. (intransitive) to suit, fit
6. (Jaffna, intransitive) to appeal to the mind; be understood
7. (grammar, intransitive) to combine, coalesce (as letters or words in canti)
8. (intransitive) to touch
9. (intransitive) to be possible

புணர் • (puṇar)

1. mating, uniting

   Synonym: சேர்க்கை (cērkkai)

2. newness, novelty

   Synonym: புதுமை (putumai)

Causative of புணர் (puṇar)

புணர் • (puṇar) (transitive)

1. to combine, connect

   Synonym: சேர் (cēr)

2. (grammar) to combine letters or words
3. to do, make, bring about

   Synonym: நிகழ்த்து (nikaḻttu)

4. to analyse, choose, resolve

   Synonym: பாகுபடு (pākupaṭu)

5. to speak connectedly
6. to fasten, tie

   Synonym: கட்டு (kaṭṭu)

7. to create

   Synonym: சிருட்டி (ciruṭṭi)

8. to compose

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