விடு

Cognate with Kannada ಬಿಡು (biḍu), Malayalam വിടുക (viṭuka), Telugu విడు (viḍu), Brahui بِٹِنْگ (biṭiṅg).

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪɖʊ/, [ʋɪɖɯ]

விடு • (viṭu)

1. (transitive) to leave, quit, part with
2. to remove
3. (auxiliary) an auxiliary verb having the force of certainty, intensity
4. to get rid of
5. to split, separate, disentangle
6. to abandon, forsake
7. to let go
8. to dispatch, send away
9. to liberate, set free, release
10. to leave off, discontinue
11. to omit, leave out
12. to end, finish, conclude
13. to emit, issue, discharge, give out, let out
14. to send forth, discharge
15. to throw
16. to pour
17. to give, bestow
18. to say, tell
19. to describe in detail
20. to publish, expose
21. to permit, let, allow
22. to indicate, point out
23. to express, give out
24. to form
25. to solve
26. (intransitive) to be separated, divided
27. to be opened
28. to loosen, release
29. to blossom
30. to appear, be formed
31. to increase
32. to stay
33. to cease, stop
34. to be split, broken or cracked
35. to be let off, discontinued
36. to leave interspace (as in writing)
37. to pause (in reading)
38. to lose strength
39. to become loose, disjointed
40. to be cut

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “விடு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.