odupu meaning in english

[Tel.] n. Catching, seizing. “odupudappinayatti yuragambupole” (HD. i. 372.) like a snake that has missed seizing what it aimed at. An attempt punika. A trickupayamu. Profit, gain, labhamu. odupuveyu to use an expedient, to try, to take by trickery, to snatch away, to rob. ettukonipovajucu.