கிடையாது
Tamil
Alternative forms
- கெடெயாது (keṭeyātu) — Spoken Tamil.[1]
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)
- 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))
- does not happen (a negation for உண்டு (uṇṭu) in a sentence which expresses habituality)
References
- S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “கிடையாது”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [2]