போது

• IPA^(key): /poːd̪ʊ/, [poːd̪ɯ]

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A shortened form of போழ்து (pōḻtu, “time”), related to பொழுது (poḻutu). Cognate with Old Kannada ಪೊೞ್ತು (poḻtu), Malayalam -പ്പോൾ (-ppōḷ).

• -ப்ப (-ppa), -போ (-pō) — Spoken Tamil.^[1]

போது • (pōtu)

1. when, while, during the time that [with participle]

   தூங்கும்போது தொந்தரவு செய்யாதே!

   tūṅkumpōtu tontaravu ceyyātē!

   Do not disturb while (I'm) sleeping!

• Signifies "never" when joined with -உம் (-um), followed by a negative.^[2]
  • Example: அவன் ஒருபோதும் வரமாட்டான் (avaṉ orupōtum varamāṭṭāṉ, “He will never come”).

போது • (pōtu) (rare)

1. time
2. opportunity
3. lifetime

• பொழுது (poḻutu), போழ்து (pōḻtu)

Compare போரு (pōru, “to be enough; to go, proceed”).

போது • (pōtu) (intransitive)

1. to suffice, be adequate or enough

   Synonyms: காண் (kāṇ), பற்று (paṟṟu)

   போதும் ― pōtum ― Enough.

• This verb is highly defective, and normally only the non-finite and a few select forms, such as the third-person singular future போதும் (pōtum) and its negative போதாது (pōtātu), are used. Though these forms are grammatically in the future tense, they can be used in the present tense as well.

Related to போரு (pōru, “to go, proceed; to be enough”), Malayalam പോരുക (pōruka). Compare போ (pō).

போது • (pōtu) (intransitive, rare)

1. to go, pass, proceed

   Synonyms: செல் (cel), போ (pō)

• Conjugates only in the present and future tenses.^[3]

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

• “போது”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023