va––attƒn, n. Washerman.

va––ƒn, n, Washerman.

va––attupp‡cci n. Butterfly.

vara–am-vara–i, v. t. To decribe, to praise.

vara–i-va––i, v.t. To describe.

vƒ˜, n. Sword, knife, orig. curved knife.

vƒ˜i. n. 1. Ear-ring or nose-ring. 2. Curved handle for carrying a
     bucket. 3. Circular course, as of a horse.

vƒ˜i-vaikai, n. small ear-ring.

vƒši, n. Ornamental arch over an idol. Vƒši-vƒšikai.

vƒri, n, Sea, lit. that which surrounds (the earth).

vƒra-am, n. 1. Conch. 2. Sea. 3. Round shield. 4. Protection:
     5. Round berried cuspidate-leaved lingam tree.

vƒra–an, n. Sea-god.

vƒdu, v.i. To slant, to hang down, to turn down.

vƒ——am, n. slope.

vƒ——i, n. Turn, time.

     Note: Owing to the submergence of Lemuria, the original
Tamil Nadu, and the total extinction of pre-Aryan Tamil literature,
thousands of ancient colloquial and literary Tamil words have gone
into oblivion, and hence, all inferential forms are given within
brackets.