s. f, eing; met. effort, labour, diligence:—goḍḍí or goḍí chokkí deṉí, dewaṉ, v. a. To hoe;—goḍḍí karní, v. a. To hoe, met. to labour hard, to make a strenuous effort:—goḍḍí láuṉí, goḍḍí lá ke ḍahiṉá, v. a. To apply one's self to any business with great earnestness.