ஒதுக்கு

• IPA^(key): /od̪ukːu/, [od̪ukːɯ]

Causative of ஒதுங்கு (otuṅku).

ஒதுக்கு • (otukku)

1. to put on one side (as the hair); cause to get out of the way (as cattle, in the road); wash ashore (as floating or other bodies); push into a corner; cast to one side, to a hedge (as dry leaves)
2. to separate (as persons in a quarrel)
3. to shelter (as a bird its young); brood
4. to gather on one side; tuck up (as one's clothes while crossing a river)
5. to place out of reach, remove by unfair means, secure for one's self clandestinely
6. to separate; put away; expel (as from caste)

   Synonym: விலக்கு (vilakku)

7. (Kongu) to despatch (as a business); settle (as an affair); pay (as arrears); make a final statement of

   Synonym: தீர் (tīr)

8. (Kongu) to kill
9. (Kongu) to impoverish

From ஒதுங்கு (otuṅku).

ஒதுக்கு • (otukku)

1. that which is apart, separate
2. living as a tenant in another's house
3. refuge, shelter

   Synonym: புகலிடம் (pukaliṭam)

4. screen, hiding place

   Synonym: மறைப்பு (maṟaippu)

5. walking gait

   Synonym: நடை (naṭai)

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