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A kind of sauce
A kind of pot
A lot
A thin pancake
Ability
Ability
Abundance
Account
Ache (VI tr.)
Act (III intr.)
Add (III tr.)
Advance
Advice
Afford (III intr.
After
Again
Again
Age, a period of time
Alertness
All things
All
Alone
Alone
Also
Always

A kind of pot
A kind of sauce
A lot of noise
A
Ability (n)
Above
Abundance
Accustomed to (III
intr.)
Acquire
Act (VI tr.)
Add
Advertisement
Affable
After
Afterwards
Again
Age
Air
All over
All
All
Alone
Aloof
Aluminiyam
America

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Anger
Animal
Annoyance
Answer
Ant-hill
Anything
Apple
Approximately
Approximately
Areca nut
Arrive (II
intr.)
As usual

Asafoedita
Ash color (grey)

Assemble (VI tr.)

Astringency
At least a little

Attempt
Attractiveness
Aunt
Auspicious time
Available (VI intr.)
Await

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Angry
Anklet
Another
Ant
Anxiety
Appearance
Apprehension
Approximately
Area
Arise
Art
As you like
Ascertain (II intr.)
Ask (IV tr.)
Assurance
At least a little
(formal)
At what time
Attention
Aunt
Aunt
Author
Avenge onself
Awake (VI intr.)

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Back portion of the hut

Bad luck
Bad omen
Bad
Balance
Banana (ripe)

Banana (unripe)

Bangle
Bat
Bathroom
Bazaar
Be available (VI intr.)
Be careful
Be easy, be like water off a
duck's back

Be funny
(VII intr.)
Be obtained (VI
intr.)
Be sold (V intr.)
Be upset, complain about

Be (VII intr.)
Bear
Beat (a drum)
(III tr.)

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Bad luck
Bad man
Bad
Bag
Bamboo
Banana stem
Banana flower
Bark (VI intr.)
Bathe (VI intr.)
Bazaar
Be afraid of
Be born
Be cold (II intr.)
Be found (IV intr.)
Be hungry (VI intr.)
Be quiet (VII
intr.)
Be unhappy
Be visible
Bear
Beard
Beat (VI tr.)

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Beatel leaf
Beautifully
Because of what
Become (III tr.)
Bed
Bedbug
Beetle
Before
Before
Begin (VI tr.)
Behind
Behind
Bell
Below
Besides that
Bicycle
Big
Bind (III tr.)
Birth day
Biscuit
Bitch at (VI
tr.)
Black
Black bear
Blame (III
intr.)
Blend (II tr.)
Blow (III tr.)

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Beautiful
Because
Because
Become (III intr.)
Bed-bug
Bee
Before
Before
Begin to rain, pour
(VI intr.)
Begin (III tr.)
Behind
Believe (III tr.)
Below
Beneath
Bicycle
Bicycle
Bill, account
Bird
Biscuit
Bit
Bitterness
Black pepper
Black mustard seed
Blanket
Blink (VI intr.)
Blow (III tr.)

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Blue
Body
Bombay
Bone
Book
Border of a sari
Boss
Bother (III
tr.)
Boxer
Boy
Boys
Brain
Bread and butter

Breathe
Bride
Bridge
Bring (II
intr.)
Bronze
Brother-in-law
Brother
Bug
Building
Bullock cart
Bundle
Burning

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Board
Boldly written

Bombay
Book shop
Book
Borrow
Both the persons
Box
Boy
Boy
Brain
Brass
Break (VI tr.)
Breeze
Bridegroom
Brightness
Bring along
(II intr.)
Brothers
Brother-in-law
Buffalo
Build
Bull
Bullock
Burn
Burst (VI intr.)

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Bus stand
Business
Busy (VII
intr.)
But
Butterfly
Buy (III intr.)
Cabbage
Calf
Call (VI tr.)
Canada
Car
Cardamon
Care
Carefully
Cart
Cash box
Cashews
Cat
Cause to become
(III tr.)
Cease (III tr.)
Center
Certainty
Chair
Chana dal
Change (III intr.)
Change (III tr.)

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Bus
Business
Busy
Butter
Buttermilk
By one's hand(s)
Calculate from memory

California
Camel
Candy
Car
Care (VI tr.)
Carefulness
Carrot
Cash table
Cash
Cat
Catch (VI tr.)
Cave
Cease (VI tr.)
Centipede
Ceylon
Chair
Chance
Change
Chapathi

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Chastity
Chest
Chicks
Chicken
Child
Chili
Chutney
Cinnamon
Class
Clean (VI tr.)
Cleanliness
Clear up the debts
(VI tr.)
Clear up (VI tr.)
Climb down (III
intr.)
Climb (III intr.)
Close (VI tr.)
Close (II intr.)
Close (III tr.)
Clothes
Cloth
Clove
Cockroach
Coffee
Coimbatore
Coins
Come as a messenger
(II intr.)

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Cheap
Chicago
Chick
Chidambaram
Child
Choice
Chutney
City
Clay
Cleanness
Cleanness
Clearly
Clever person
Climb up (III intr.)
Clock
Close
Close
Close
Clothes line
Cloud
Clump
Coconut
Coffee powder
Coin
College
Come in, hello

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Come (II intr.)

Committee
Completely
Compound (buildings in a
compound)
Computer
Concentrate
Condiments
Confused noise
Conquer (V tr.)
Continue (II tr.)
Convenience
Coocoo
Cooked rice
Cooked rice
Cool (II intr.)
Coral
Corn
Corner
Correct
Cotton
Country
Count (III tr.)
Couple
Cow
Crab
Crane
Craze

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Comfortably
Common
Complete (VI tr.)
Compulsory
Conceal (VI tr.)
Concern
Conduct
Connoisseur, fans
Consider (VI tr.)
Convenience
Convict
Cook
Cooked rice
Cooking
Copper
Coriander
Corn
Correct
Cot
Country
Count
Country
Courage
Cow
Cracker
Craze, madness
Crore

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Cross
Crow
Crowd
Crowd
Cubit
Culcutta
Cup
Curry stuffs
Customs
Cut (III tr.)
Cyclone
Dagger
Daily
Dance (III tr.)
Dark
Daughter
Day time
Day
Dcrease
Dear
Debt
Deceit
Dedicate (VI tr.)
Deep thinking

Deep-fried snack
Default
Deficate (III tr.)

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Crow
Crow
Crowd
Cry (II intr.)
Cucumber
Cunning
Curd
Custom
Cut off (VI tr.)
Cycle
Daddy
Daily
Daily
Danger
Date
Day before yesterday
Day
Day
Deaf
Debt
Deceive (III tr.)
Decision
Deed
Deep
Deer
Defect
Deficiency

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Deficiency (n)
Definitely
Delhi
Demand
Depart
Desert
Desire
Destroy (VI tr.)
Dew
Dhobi
Dhoti
Diamond
Difficulty
Dinner
Disappear (II intr.)
Discontinue (VI tr.)
Disperse
Dispute
Disturbance
Do (III tr.)
Doesn't matter

Donkey
Door
Doubt
Drama
Drink (VI tr.)

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Deficit
Deity
Deliver (VI tr.)
Demolish (VI tr.)
Descend (III intr.)
Desire
Dessert
Develop (VI tr.)
Dhobi
Dhoti
Dhoti
Different
Dignity
Directly
Discontent (n)
Dismantle
Displeased (I
intr.)
Distance
Do (I tr.)
Doctor
Dog
Door way
Door
Dove
Drawer
Drink up (VI tr.)

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Drive out of the way

(IV tr.)
Drop (IV tr.)
Dry clean
Duck
Dust
Eager
Ear
Earnestness
Earth
Easily
East
Easy (adv.)
Eat
Education
Egg
Eggplant; brinjal
Eight
Elder brother
Elephant
Emerald
End, final
English
Enough
Enquire (IV tr.)
Enthusiasm
Entire
Entrance steps, door

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Drive out
Drum stick
Dry
Dust of the ground
Each time
Ear
Earn (VI tr.)
Earring
Earth
Easily
Easy (n)
Eat (V tr.)
Edition
Efficiency
Egg
Eggplant
Eight hundred
Electricity
Eleven
Empty
Endeavor
English sentence

Enquire (VI tr.)

Enter (II intr.)
Entire
Entire
Envy

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Errand boy -
Especially
Evening
Evening
Every
Everyone
Evil eye
Except
Expand (VI tr.)
Explain (III tr.)
Extend, stick out (III
tr.)
Eye
Face
Faithfulness
Family man

Family
Fast
Fate
Fault
Fear
Fear
Fellow, boy

Fenugreek
Fertility

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Error
Estimate, regard, respect (VI
tr.)
Evening
Evening
Everyday
Evict (III tr.)
Exam
Excuse (VI tr.)
Expense
Explanation
Extensive
Face
Fainting
Fall (II intr.)
Family
Famous
Fast
Father
Favor
Fear
Feel light-headed

Female cow
Fenugreek
Festival

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Few
Fiercely, quickly
Fifty
Finance
Fine
Finish (II intr.)
First
Five hundred
Flood
Flour
Flower
Fodder
Food
Food
Foot (measurement)
For what/which
Forehead
Forest
Forget (II tr.)
Forty
Four
Fox
Fragrance
Free
Friday
Friend
Friends

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Field
Fifteen
Finally
Fine
Finger
Fire
Fish
Five
Floor
Flow, ooze, pour (III
tr.)
Fly (II intr.)
Fold
Food
Fool
Foot (part of body)
Forbid, restrain
Foreign country
Forget (II intr.)
Fort
Four hundred
Fourteen
Fragment
Free choice
Freedom
Friend
Friend
From street to street
-

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From now on
Front
Fry (VI tr.)
Fun
Funeral drum
Gabbing
Garden
Gate way
Gentleman

Front
Fruit
Fry (IV tr.)
Funeral drum
Furlong
Garbage
Garlic
Generation
Gently
Get lost (III
Get lost
intr.)
Get off (III intr.) Get up (II intr.)
Get (VI intr.)
Get (III intr.)
Gift
Ginger
Giraffe
Girl
Give birth (IV tr.) Give (II tr.)
Give (VI tr.)
Glass
Glow
Glue
Go around (III tr.) Go around (III tr.)
Go back (III intr.) Go by walk
Go (III intr.)
Goat
God
God
God
God
Gold
Gold
Gone
Good conduct
Good bye
Good man

Good-bye
Good

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Good-for-nothing fellow
-
Grand father
Grand mother
Grapes
Gravey
Great
Great
Greens
Green tomato
Grinding stone
Grocery store
Group
Guava
Guess (VI tr.)
Hair
Half
Happen (IV intr.)
Happiness
He
Head over heels

Headache
Heart
Heat of the sun
Hen
Her
Heron
Hide (VI tr.)

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Government
Grandchildren
Grapes
Grass
Great
Great fun
Green
Green banana
Greetings
Grip
Grocery
Grove
Guava (ripe)
Guest
Half sari
Hand
Happen (VII intr.)
Hawk
He
Head
Health
Heart
Heavy rain
Hen-pecked
Here
Hesitate (III intr.)
Hide (II intr.)

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High
Hill
Hippoo
Hold (VI tr.)
Home town
Honey
Horoscope
Hospital
Hot water
Hotel
Hour
House
How many
Hunger
Husband
Hut
I
If not
Imagination
Immediately
Impudent fellow

In the morning
India
Information
Insect
Intercede (III
intr.)
Interjection

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Hill
Hindrance
His
Holy day
Home work
Horoscope
Horse
Hot season
Hotel
Hour (o'clock)
House cricket
How much
How
Hungry (n)
Husband
Hyena
Idly
Ignoring
Imagine
Importance
In front of
Inch
Indian shirt
Injustice
Inside
Interjection
Invade (VI intr.)

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Invite, call (IV

tr.)
Invite (IV tr.)
Irascibility
Island
It
Jackal
Jaggery
Jewel
Jolly
Jump (III intr.)
Just
Justice
Keep closed (VI
tr.)
Keep (VI tr.)
Kerosene
Kick out (VI tr.)
Kind
Kitchen
Kite
Knock (III tr.)
Ladle
Lakh
Landlord
Lap
Large
Last month

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Invite (VI tr.)

Involve (IV intr.)
Iron
It has become
Item
Jackfruit
Jewelry
Joke, show
Juice
Just like, same as
Just
Karnataka
Keep the secret
Kerala
Key
Kill (V tr.)
King
Kitchen
Knife
Know (II tr.)
Lake
Lamp
Language
Lap
Large
Last week

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Last
Lately
Laugh (VI tr.)
Lazy person
Lead
Leaf
Leave (III intr.)
Leech
Leg
Length
Leopard
Less
Letter
Letter
Level
Library
Lie down (VI intr.)
Lie, measure (II tr.)
Lift (III tr.)
Light green
Lightning
Like
Lime
Lion
Little
Little
Live (VI intr.)
Living

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Last; final
Later
Laugh
Lead (III tr.)
Lead, manage (III tr.)
Learn (V tr.)
Leave, release
Left over
Lemonade
Lentil
Less (II intr.)
Lesson
Letter (alphabet)
Letter
Liberal
Lid
Lie, deceit
Life
Light
Light
Like (VI tr.)
Like
Limit
Listen (IV tr.)
Little
Live (VII intr.)
Livelihood
Lizard

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Load (III tr.)

Lock (III tr.)
Loose (II intr.)
Loss
Louse
Luck
Lucky man
Madam
Madras
Magazine
Make fun
Make mistake (III
intr.)
Make (I tr.)
Man
Man, fellow
Manage (I
tr.)
Manage, tackle (VI
tr.)
Mango
Many
Marble
Marriage
Marriage
Mass of something
Match box
Means
Measure (II tr.)

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Loan
Look at (VI tr.)
Loose (VI tr.)
Lots of
Love (III tr.)
Luck, fortune
Lucky woman
Madness
Madurai
Magic
Make fun
Make (III tr.)
Male
Man
Manage (III tr.)
Manage, run (caus.)
(III tr.)
Mango fruit
Many people
Map
Marriage badge
Marriage
Marriage drum
Master
Matter
Mearly
Measuring container

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Meat
Meet (VI tr.)
Meet (VI tr.)
Memory
Merchant
Message
Messenger
Midnight
Milk
Millet
Mind
Mind
Minute
Minute
Mistake
Mix (II intr.)
Mock
Monday
Money
Month
More, execessive, much
Mosquito
Mother-in-law
Mother tongue
Mountain
Moustache
Move (II intr.)
Movie

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Medicine
Meet (VI tr.)
Meeting
Memory
Mere
Messenger servant
Middle
Military
Milkmaid
Million
Mind (III tr.)
Minute
Minute
Mistake
Mix together
Mix (II tr.)
Moment
Money
Monkey
More
Morning
Mostly
Mother
Mount (III intr.)
Mouse
Mouth
Move (VI tr.)
Movie, picture

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Much
Multiply (III tr.)
Mumble (VI
tr.)
My
Nail
Name
Nature
Nearby
Neat
Necessity
Neck
Need

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Mud
Multiply
Mung dal

My
Nail
Nasty
Near
Neat
Neatly
Necessity
Necklace
Need, necessary
Neighbors
Neglect (VI tr.)

Neighborhood
Nest
Neverthless
Nevertheless
Never mind New york
New
News
News
Newspaper
Next door neighbors
Next month

Next
Nick name
Night
Night
Nine hundred Nine
Nineteen
Ninety
Noise
Noise, disturbance
Nonsense
Nook, corner
Noon
North

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Nose
Nose-jewel
Not bad
Now
Nut
Objection
Odor
Office
Oh, God
Okay
Old man
Old
On his part; as for him

On top

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Nose
Not bad
Nourishing
Nuisance
Nutmeg
Ocean
Office
Often
Oil
Okra
Old woman
Omen
On the way

One by one
One who lives in the forest
One hundred

One
One
Oneself
Onion
Only
Ooze (III tr.)
Open (VII tr.)
Open (VII intr.)
Open, expand (VI tr.) Open, expand (II intr.)
Opinion, thought, idea, counsel
Opinion

Opponent; rival; enemy Opportunity

Opposite
Opposite
Opposite
Orange
Ordinary
Ordinary
Orphan
Otherwise

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Other
Our
Out
Outrage, violence
Outside
Owl
Own
Ox
Ox
Pack, pack up
Pain
Painter
Palace
Pappaya
Park
Parrot
Partner
Path, way
Pea chutney

Peanuts
Peas
Pencil
People
Perhaps
Perplexity
Person
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Out
Outer gate
Outside
Oversee
Own
Owner
Ox
Oyster
Page
Pain
Paise
Paper
Parents
Parrot green
Partner
Path
Pay
Peacock
Pearl
Pen
Penetrate
People
Permanent, stable ,
Perplexity, dizziness
Person
Pick up (VI tr.)

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Pickle
Picture
Picture
Picture
Piece
Piece
Pig
Pineapple
Pit
Pit
Pitch dark
Pity
Plan
Plane
Plate
Play musical instrument
Play (III intr.) Please
Plenty
Plenty
Poet
Poet
Poison
Police
Ponder, contemplate, consider
Pomegranate
(VI tr.)
Poor
Poppy seed
Possess (I tr.)
Poster
Potato
Pour (III tr.)
Pour (III tr.)
Powder can
Powder
Power
Pray (IV tr.)
Present (VII intr.)
Press (III tr.)
Price
Pride, vanity
Problem
Produce (III
Productiveness, fertility
tr.)
Profession
Profit
Profound thinking
Program

Promise
Protective amulet
Protect
Protect

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Publish (IV tr.) Public

Pulse
Pulse (unsplit)
Pump
Pumpkin
Purity
Purity
Put back (VI
Purple
tr.)
Put (VI tr.)
Put (IV tr.)
Qualified
Quarrel
Quarrel
Question
Question (IV tr.)
Quickly
Quick
Quickly
Quickly
Quick temper
Quiet
Quit (III tr.)
Rabbit
Ragi
Railway station
Rain

Rain
Rain (I intr.)
Raisin
Rasam
Rat
Reach, join (VI tr.)
Reach, join (II intr.) Read, study (VI tr.)
Ready
Ready
Realize
Reason
Receive (IV tr.)
Reclining
Red banana
Red
Regard, estimation
Regret
Regularly
Regularly
Regularity
Relative
Remainder
Remainder
Rememberence
Remind

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Remoteness
Repeatedly, over and over again

Request (I
tr.)
Return
Reward
Ribbon
Rich person
Right to enjoy

Ring
River
Road, street ,
Roof
Room
Rotate (III tr.)
Run away (III
intr.)
Rupee
Sadness
Salmon
Sample
Sandal
Sari
Sari
Sarong for men
Sauce, gravey
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Rent
Reply
Respect
Reverse (III tr.)
Rhinoceros
Rice cake
Right, privilege
Right (side)
River bank
Road
Rock
Roof
Rooster
Ruby
Run
Rush
Salary
Saltiness
Sand
Sari blouse
Sari
Sari
Saturday
Save money
Savings

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Savory dish
Scheme, try to get

Scorpion
Screen
Scuffle
Sea
Seashore
Season
Secret
See (VI tr.)
Seems as
Selam
Selfish
Send (III tr.)
Separate
Serve
Set a torch to

Set out (III intr.)

Settle (II intr.)
Seven
Seventy
Shake off (III tr.)
Shawl
Shed, barn, cow shed

Ship

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Say (III tr.)

School
Scratch (II intr.)
Script
Sea shells
Search (III tr.)
Season, time
Seattle
See you again

Seed
Seize, attack
Self
Sell (V tr.)
Sentence
Separate
Set (fire)
Set fire (III tr.)
Settle (VI tr.)
Seventeen
Seven hundred
Several, manifold
Shame
She
Shell
Shirt

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Shoe
Shop-keeper

Shop
Shore
Short loan without a bond
Shore

Short
Shoulder
Show mercy
Shovel
(III intr.)
Show (III tr.)
Shrewd person
Shrewd operator
Shut your mouth

(III tr.)
Shut (III tr.)
Side
Side-street
Significance
Silk
Silk
Similar
Simple
Simple
Simple
Sin
Sincerely yours
Sinful, wretched
Sing (III tr.)
Sir
Sir
Sister
Sisters
Sit
Sita
Six
Sixteen
Skilful, expert person Skill
Skin
Skirt
Sky
Sky
Sky
Sleep (n)
Sleep (III intr.)
Sleep (III intr.)
Slowly
Small
Small
Small change
Smash
Snacks

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Snack
Snake gourd
So
Softly
Soil
Some
Something or other

Son
Soon
Sound
Soup like additive
South
Sparrow
Special
Speed
Spice
Spider
Spoil
Spoon
Squash
Stable
Stand
Stand up (VII
intr.)
Stare
Starting
Start
Stay (III intr.)

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Snake
Snow
Soft-soap
Software
Some more
Something
Son of a gun
Song
Soon
Sound
Sourness
Space bar
Speak (III intr.)
Speciality, wonder
Spend
Spices
Spinach
Spoil (VI tr.)
Sprout (VI intr.)
Squirrel
Stainless steel
Standard
Star
Start
Start
Start
Stay

(III intr.)
(VI tr.)
out
(VII intr.)

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Steal (III tr.)

Stick (v) (III tr.)
Stomach
Stop (III tr.)
Stop (VI tr.)
Storm
Story writer
Stove
Strange
Strength
Struggle, scuffle, procrastination

Study (VI tr.)

Stupid
Subject
Subtract (VI tr.)
Sudden
Sugar
Sultriness
Sun
Sunday
Sunshine
Surplus
Sweep (III tr.)
Sweetness
Sweet potato

Table

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Step
Stick
Stone
Stop (II intr.)
Storey
Story yard
Story
Strain (III intr.)
Street
Stronghold
Student
Stuff
Stupid
Subtract (II intr.)
Suddenly
Sugar
Sugar cane
Summer
Sun
Sunrise
Surplus
Swan
Sweep (III tr.)
Sweetness
Table
Take and come
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Take (VI tr.)

Talk (III intr.)
Tamarind
Tamil poet
Tamil
Tanjore
Taste
Teacher
Teach (VI
tr.)
Telephone
Temple tower
Temple
Ten thousand
Tent
Terrible
That
The decorated end of a sari

The sound of a bell

Their
There
Therefore
They
Thin rice cake or chip
(pappad)
Think (III tr.)
Thirteen

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Take (III intr.)

Tall
Tamilnadu
Tamil letter
Tangerine
Tank
Tea
Teacher
Teasing
Tell (III tr.)
Temple
Ten lakhs
Ten
Terrific
Thank you
That
The perfect moment
Theater
Then
Therefore
They
Thievish, roguish
Things
Think (VI tr.)
Thirty

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This
Thousand
Three
Throat
Thus
Tie, bind (III tr.)
Time (repetition)
Time

This
Thread
Three hundred
Thursday
Tie
Tiger
Time
Time
Timely thinking, timely
Time

Times ,
Tin
Tire
Tired, be tiresome
Tit for tat To be discontented
To forbid, to restrain
Today

Today itself
Today
Today
Together
Tolerate (VI tr.)
Tomato
Tomato fruit Tomorrow
Tongue
Tongue
Toor dal
Tooth
Top of
Torch
Total
Touch (IV tr.)
Towel
Tower
Town
Trademark
Train
Train
Translate
Translation
Transfer
Trash
Treasure
Tree

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Trichy
Trick
Trouble
Troublesome person
Trust, believe (III
tr.)
Try, attempt
Tumbler
Turmeric
Turtle
Twenty
Two
Type, kind
Udder

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Tricks
Trouble , ,

Troublesome
True
Truth

Tuesday
Turkey
Turn (III tr.)
Twelve
Twist (II intr.)
Type
Udder
Ugliness
Uncle (mother's brother)
Umbrellaa

Uncle
Uncle
Uncle
Uncooked rice
Under
Understand
Under
Undershirt
Understand
Unfair, unjust, wrong
Unique
University
Unlock (VII tr.)
Unnecessary trouble
Upset (IV intr.) Upstairs
Urad dal Urgent
Urgently
Use (VI tr.)
Usefulness
Utensil
Utter (III tr.)
Vacate (III tr.)

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Vagrant, vagabond
Vegetable
Very well
Very
Vigor
Violate (III tr.)
Violence
Visit
(III intr.)

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Vanity
Verb
Very much
Vessel
Village
Violet
Visible, be visible ,
Visit (I intr.)

Voice of doom, dangerous voice

Wage
Wait (VII intr.)
Wait
Wake up (VII intr.)
Wake (VII intr.) Walk (VII intr.)
Wall
Wandering
Wander (II intr.)
Wander (II intr.)
Want (III tr.)
Want
Warn (VI tr.)
Wash
Wash(with water) (III
Wash (III tr.)
tr.)
Wasp
Waste
Watch, clock
Water
Water
Wave, shake (III tr.)
We (excl.)
We (incl.)
Wear (III tr.)
Wedding
Wednesday
Week
Weep (II intr.)
Welcome (n)
Welcome (v)
Welcome
Well
Well
Visit

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West
What a guy
What's that ,
When
Where
Which (pl.)
Whip
Whitewash
(VI tr.)
Who
Whole of
Whole
Wife
Wind
Window
Without any purpose
Woman
Wonderful
Wood apple fruit
Word
Work
Worm
Worry
Worship (IV tr.)
Worst man
Wrap (III tr.)
Wrist
Yard

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Wet
What
Wheat
When
Which
Which
White
White
Who
Whole
Why
Wind
Window
Wipe (VI tr.)
Wolf
Woman
Wonderful, very good
Wood
Work
Work, job
Worry
Worry
Worship
Worth
Wrestler
Write (III tr.)
Year

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Yellow
Yesterday
Yogurt
You
Younger brother
Your

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Yes
Yet
You
Young
Younger sister
Your

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