[Tel.] n. A thousand. sahasramu. veyimandi a thousand persons. padivelu ten thousand: (this in many places means many.) vellumani padivelamatlu ceppina vadu vellaledu though I told him to go a thousand times he did not go away. veyyela or veyimatalela why a thousand words? why say more? i.e., in a word, after all. veyyi kallajerri veyyi-kalla-jerri. n. Lit: a thousand-legged centipede. A restless wanderer. vadu veyyikallajerri. vaniki ekkada tirunu he has a thousand jobs in hand, he has no leisure.padivelakaina or padivelakunnu vanni nammavaccunu we may trust him in every thing.