s. a green bed, salt pan; 2. a small corn field; 3. a house, an abode,
patti pitikka , -katta , -kola , to make garden beds, salt-pans etc.
kiraippatti , a bed of amaranthus tristis.
s. series, row,
பத்தி பத்தியாய் எழுத , to make several columns in writing.