to tear hard or sever with the teeth.

to take into stomach through the mouth, without biting with the teeth.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a fortress or castle, and often filled with water, for protection against invasion; a moat;

ಅಗಳು ಹಾರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಚೋಟು ಬಿಡು agaḷu hāruvudakke cōṭu biḍu (prov.) failing to do something when you almost succeeded is not better than failing very badly; a miss is as good as a mile.

to go under the surface of a liquid.

to turn up with a spade; to dig; to excavate.

a ridge between two pieces of land or a raised bank.

a grain of boiled rice;

ಅಗುಳು ಗಂಜಿ ಬೇರೆಯಾಗು aguḷu gañji bēreyāgu (fig.) (the baby) to be born (to come out of its mother's womb i.e. safely born); ಅಗುಳು ಚೆಲ್ಲಿದರೆ ಕಾಗೆಗಳು ಮುತ್ತುತ್ತವೆ aguḷu cellidare kāgegaḷu muttuttave (prov.) mean people wait to act illegally or dishonestly in someone's favour for a gift of money or services, etc. in return; ಅಗುಳು ನುಂಗಲು ಆಗದವನ ಬಾಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಡುಬು ತುರುಕು aguḷu nuŋgalu āgadavana bāyalli kaḍubu turuku (pov .) to expect from a person to understand or do, more than what he can; ಅಗುಳು ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಅನ್ನ ಗೊತ್ತಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲವೆ? aguḷu nōdidare anna gottāguvudillave? (prov.) a selected sample should tell what the mass is.

at that time; then.

at all times; always.

a man of low, mean character.

a mature female of domestic cattle (genus Bos), valued for its milk; cow.

(used as pl.) kine; cattle.

ಆಕಳು ಕಪ್ಪಾದರೆ ಹಾಲು ಕಪ್ಪೆ? ākaḷu kappādare hālu kappe a black hen will lay a white egg; ಆಕಳುಮಂದೆ ākaḷu mande a number of cattle feeding, living or being driven together; a herd; 2. a herd of cattle stayed, usu. overnight, on an agricultural land, for their dung and urine which are useful as manure.

a shapeless mass; a lump clod (of earth).