கிடையாது

Tamil

Alternative forms

Etymology

From கிடை (kiṭai). Possibly related to Telugu కాదు (kādu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪɖɐɪ̯jaːd̪ʊ/, [kɪɖɐɪ̯jaːd̪ɯ]
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Verb

கிடையாது • (kiṭaiyātu) (negative finite verb)

  1. no, not, does not have, does not exist, is not available (a negation for the affirmatives such as உண்டு (uṇṭu), உள்ளது (uḷḷatu) and finite forms of the verb இரு (iru))
    Synonyms: இல்லை (illai), அல்ல (alla)
  2. does not happen (a negation for உண்டு (uṇṭu) in a sentence which expresses habituality)

References

  1. ^ David W. McAlpin (1981), “கிடையாது”, in A Core Vocabulary for Tamil, Philadelphia: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, page [1]