தூங்கு
thoongku
III. v. i. sleep, be drowsy, உறங்கு; 2. hang, be suspended, தொங்கு; 3. tarry, delay, loiter, தாமதி; 4. move the body from side to side as an elephant, அசைவாடு. தூங்கினவன் கன்று சேங்கன்று, the calf of the sleeper is a bull-calf (having been changed while he slept). தூங்கல், v. n. shaking, dancing, hanging, sleeping, etc. தூங்கணி, a jewel formed of hanging globules of gold and gems. தூங்காமை, neg. v. n. watchfulness, vigilance. தூங்காவிளக்கு, a lamp burning day and night. தூங்கிசைச் செப்பல், a kind of melody of the metre called வெண்பா. தூங்கிவிழ, to nod through drowsiness. தூங்குமஞ்சம், a hanging cot a swinging bed. தூங்குமூஞ்சி, தூங்கலாண்டி, a sleepy fellow.
J.P. Fabricius Dictionary
3. tuunku- தூங்கு sleep
David W. McAlpin
, [tūngku] கிறேன், தூங்கினேன், வேன், தூங்க, ''v. n.'' To hang, to hang on, to be suspended, cling to, தொங்க. 2. To be drowsy, to slumber, to sleep, துயில. 3. To be sluggish, inactive, idle, dull, slow, heavy, மந்தமாயிருக்க. 4. To nod, hang the head from drowsiness, தலைசாய. 5. To droop, as a person, or animal, through sorrow, hunger, &c., சோர. 6. To droop, as a plant, be withered, வாட. 7. ''(fig.)'' To be fixed, as a fortress, wall, ஓர்நிலை யாய்நிற்க. 8. To tarry, delay, loiter, hang about, தாமதிக்க. 9. To be drowsy and move the body from side to side, as an elephant, அசைவாட, ''(c.)'' தூங்கினவன்கன்றுசேங்கன்று. The calf, of the sleeper is but a bull-calf (having been changed while he slept).
Miron Winslow