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kaappukkatta

, [kāppukkṭṭ] ''inf.'' To tie a string on the arm in token of vow, and as a pledge for its performance. 2. To tie on an amulet. 3. To engage in with earnestness, applied chiefly to improper, or unimportant pursuits, and only in colloquial usage. 4. ''[in medicine.]'' To tie a string a certain herbs, &c., that are to be plucked up in order to dispel a curse pronounced on them. 5. To be gin to read a purana at a temple.

Miron Winslow

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