தூண்டில்
“தூண்டில்” (tūṇḍil) — fishing rod in Tamil. Noun, level A2. tun-dil; the nd sounds as 'nd' with the tongue at the palate. In a live sentence: “அவர் தூண்டில் போட்டு மீன் பிடிக்கிறார்” — He catches fish with a fishing rod. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters த, ூ, ண, ், ட, ி, ல, ். A word from the everyday Tamil course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Tamil | தூண்டில் |
| Read in Latin letters | tūṇḍil |
| Translation | fishing rod |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- தூண்டில்tūṇḍilfishing rod
How to pronounce it
tun-dil; the nd sounds as 'nd' with the tongue at the palate
Why it looks that way
From 'to lure'. The fishing net is another word — the same one that sits inside 'website'
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- அவர் தூண்டில் போட்டு மீன் பிடிக்கிறார்avar tūṇḍil pōṭṭu mīṉ piḍikkiṟārHe catches fish with a fishing rod
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “fishing rod” in Tamil?
«தூண்டில்», read “tūṇḍil”. tun-dil; the nd sounds as 'nd' with the tongue at the palate. In a live sentence: “அவர் தூண்டில் போட்டு மீன் பிடிக்கிறார்” — He catches fish with a fishing rod. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters த, ூ, ண, ், ட, ி, ல, ்.
How is “தூண்டில்” written in Latin letters?
tūṇḍil. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
From 'to lure'. The fishing net is another word — the same one that sits inside 'website'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.