கொள்

• கொள்ளு (koḷḷu) (stand-alone)

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *koḷ- (“to receive, buy; reflexive marker”). Cognate with Malayalam കൊള്ളുക (koḷḷuka), Tamil கொள் (koḷ), Telugu కొను (konu).

• IPA^(key): /koɭ/

கொள் (koḷ)

1. to get

• Imperative : கொள்ளு (koḷḷu)
• Present (1st person) : கொள்ளுகெ (koḷḷuke)
• Past (1st person) : கொண்டெ (koṇṭe)

• Gerard F. Diffloth (1968), The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil‎^[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 26

• IPA^(key): /kɔɭ/

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *koḷ- (“to receive, buy; reflexive marker”). Cognate with Irula கொள் (koḷ), Malayalam കൊള്ളുക (koḷḷuka), Telugu కొను (konu).

• கொள்ளு (koḷḷu)
• கொ (ko), கோ (kō) — Spoken Tamil (auxiliary senses)

கொள் • (koḷ)

1. (transitive) to seize, grasp
2. (transitive) to receive, take, accept

   Synonyms: பெறு (peṟu), வாங்கு (vāṅku)

3. (transitive) to contain, hold
4. (transitive) to have, consist of
5. (transitive) to buy, purchase

   Synonym: வாங்கு (vāṅku)

6. (transitive) to possess, have
7. (transitive) to carry
8. (transitive) to take (a woman as wife); marry

   Synonym: மண (maṇa)

9. (transitive) to think, believe, consider; keep (in mind, view, etc)

   Synonym: கருது (karutu)

10. (intransitive) to suit, befit

    Synonym: பொருந்து (poruntu)

11. (intransitive) to fit inside of
12. (auxiliary) makes a verb reflexive.
13. (auxiliary) indicates doing something for the benefit of oneself.
14. (auxiliary) indicates that the action is done without any external agency.
15. (expletive) added to a negative imperative or adverbial participle of a verb for emphasis.

• கொளுத்து (koḷuttu), கொளுவு (koḷuvu) (causatives)

கொள் • (koḷ)

1. alternative form of கொள்ளு (koḷḷu, “horse gram”).

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “கொள்-தல்,_கொளு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “கொள்”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [2]
• “கொள்”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023