மடி

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• IPA^(key): /maɖi/

Cognate with Kannada ಮಡಿ (maḍi).

மடி • (maṭi) (intransitive)

1. to be bent, folded, turned down, lapped in

   Synonym: மடங்கு (maṭaṅku)

2. to be turned, as an edge or a point
3. to droop, as the head of one asleep or as sheafs of grain in a field
4. to fall on

   Synonym: வீழ் (vīḻ)

5. to wither, as leaves

   Synonym: வாடு (vāṭu)

6. to roll, as waves

   Synonym: சுருள் (curuḷ)

7. to shrink, contract

   Synonym: சுருங்கு (curuṅku)

8. to become mouldy, as rice

   மடிந்துபோன அரிசி ― maṭintupōṉa arici ― moulded rice

9. to be dispirited
10. to be indolent, inactive
11. to sleep
12. to perish; to be destroyed
13. to die
14. to rush in together, as a crowd
15. to break, to be broken, as a blister
16. (transitive) to forget

    Synonym: மற (maṟa)

From the above verb. Cognate with Kannada ಮಡಿ (maḍi).

மடி • (maṭi) (plural மடிகள்)

1. lap

   குழந்தை அவன் மடியில் உட்கார்ந்துகொண்டிருந்தது ― kuḻantai avaṉ maṭiyil uṭkārntukoṇṭiruntatu ― The child was sitting on his lap

2. udder of mammals (often used for cows)

   Synonym: முலை (mulai)

3. fold, as in a cloth or paper
4. bending down, as sheaf of paddy
5. crease in the abdomen

   Synonym: வயிற்று மடிப்பு (vayiṟṟu maṭippu)

6. stomach, belly

   Synonym: வயிறு (vayiṟu)

7. waist

   Synonym: அரை (arai)

8. cloth, garment
9. fold in a cloth wrapped round the waist, answering for a pocket
10. piece consisting of a certain number of cloths
11. cloth made of the fibre of trees, coarse silk, cotton, etc., as ceremonially pure
12. (colloquial) ceremonial purity, as of one who has bathed
13. loneliness
14. lazy person
15. sloth, idleness, indolence

    Synonym: சோம்பல் (cōmpal)

16. submission

    Synonym: அடக்கம் (aṭakkam)

17. disease, ailment

    Synonym: நோய் (nōy)

18. bad odour
19. ruin, loss, detriment, damage

    Synonym: கேடு (kēṭu)

20. lie, falsehood

    Synonym: பொய் (poy)

21. hatred, enmity

    Synonym: பகை (pakai)

22. turn, time

    Synonym: மடங்கு (maṭaṅku)

23. fragrant screw pine

    Synonym: தாழை (tāḻai)

24. external root of the screw pine
25. a kind of net
26. large bag attached to a fishing net
27. boiled rice
28. double catamaran

    Synonym: இரட்டை கட்டுமரம் (iraṭṭai kaṭṭumaram)

• மடிப்பு (maṭippu)

Causative of மடி (maṭi), the verb. Cognate with Telugu మడుచు (maḍucu).

மடி • (maṭi)

1. to fold, as the arms; to fold up, as cloth, as paper; to double up, shut up, as a folding knife

   Synonym: மடக்கு (maṭakku)

2. to bend, turn down, turn in, curl

   Synonym: வளை (vaḷai)

3. to baffle in speech, confound by artifice, as in an argument

   Synonym: மடங்கவடி (maṭaṅkavaṭi)

4. to trample down; to throw into confusion

   Synonym: உழக்கு (uḻakku)

5. to kill, destroy

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