a disease, esp. of infants, caused by a fungus (genus Candida) and characterised by the formation of milky-white lesions on the mouth, lips, and throat; parasitic stomatitis; thrush.

a tip - a) the pointed, tapering or rounded end or top of something long ; b) a top or apex, as of a mountain; c) something attached to the end, as a cap, ferrule, etc.

the front portion of anything.

a starting or commencing; beginning.

the outskirts of a city or town.

a song in praise.

a measure of food given as alms.

a multitude; a group of people; a gathering.

an old measure of weight.

that which is fixed before one's mind as an object to be attained; an aim; a goal.

the best of anything.

a Brāhmaṇa, a man belonging to the upper caste in Hindu society.

a plantain leaf the apex of which is in tact or that portion of the plantain leaf which has the tip unbroken;

ಅಗ್ರದೆಲೆ agradele a plantain leaf with unbroken tip.

prominent; principal; pre-eminent.

first; foremost.

excessive; surplus.

(dial.) a senselessly (as talking from high fever, delirium, etc.).

fondness; warm affection; intense personal attachment; love; affection;

ಅಕ್ಕರದ ಅಕ್ಕ ಬಂದಾಗ ಸಕ್ಕರೆಯೆಲ್ಲ ಕಹಿ ಆಯಿತು akkarada akka bandāga sakkareyellākahi āyitu (prov.) a loved person is sweeter than the sweetest sweet.

the smallest element of spoken language, conventionally considered as a basic unit; a letter of the alphabet.

any of the conventional symbols, representing a letter, of which written words are composed.

that which is written; a writing.

a person's name, initials or a sign used for conveying one's acceptance, showing authorship accepting responsibility etc, a signature.

literary knowledge.

(pros.) a kind of meter regulated by the number of syllables.

a person who has the literary knowledge.

the supposed, unavoidable and to which a person is destined; fate.

= ಅಕ್ಕರ¹

fondness; warm affection; love;

ಅಕ್ಕರೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಉಪ್ಪರಿಗೆಗಿಂತ ಅಕ್ಕರೆ ಇರುವ ತಿಪ್ಪೆ ಲೇಸು akkare illada upparigeginta, akkare iruva tippe lēsu a desert with loved ones is better than a palace bereft of love; ಅಕ್ಕರೆಗಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೂ ಅಪವಾದಕ್ಕಾದರೂ ಕರೆಯಬೇಕು akkaregalladiddarū apavādakkādarū kareyabēku (prov.) do something at least for the sake of formality, if not with love.

the shore, bank (of a river) on the other side.

= ಅಕ್ಕಱು.