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- (dial.) thick bamboo splits used crosswise in making the roof of a house.
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- the liquid left after churning butter from milk; butter milk.
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- not deep; superficial; shallow.
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- any of a number of related large, hairy, yellow-and-black social bees (esp. genus Bombus); the bumble-bee.
- any of an order (Scorpiones) of arachnids found in warm regions, with a front pair of nipping claws and a long, slender, jointed tail ending in a curved, poisonous sting; the scorpion.
- any of a genus (Corvus, family Corvidae) of large, non-migratory passerine birds with glossy black plumage and a typical harsh call, including the raven, rook, and jackdaw; the crow.
- the eighth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about October 24; Scorpio.
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- to shed tears; to weep with or without vocal sound or utterance.
- ಅಳದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅಮ್ಮನೂ ಹಾಲುಣಿಸಳು aḷadiddare ammanū hāluṇisaḷu (prov.) even to get what one deserves, one has to make hue and cry; ಅಳುವ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಕೈಗೆ ಬೆಲ್ಲ ಕೊಡು aḷuva makkaḷa kaige bella koḍu (prov.) (to avoid a person making a hue and cry about bigger current demand) pacify with a small gift; ಅಳುವ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಕಣ್ಣು ಒರಸು aḷuva makkaḷa kaṇṇu oresu (prov.) to show hypocritical sympathy; to pretend to be sympathetic.
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- to find out or estimate the extent, dimensions, etc. of, esp. by the use of a standard; to measure.
- to judge or determine the worth or quality of; appraise; to evaluate.
- (colloq.) to lie; to make believe; to exaggerate disproportionately.
- ಅಳೆದು ಸುರಿ/ಅಳೆದು ಹೊಯ್ aḷedu suri/aḷedu hoy (fig.) to think thoroughly; 2. to take over-care in considering the pros and cons of an act or to hesitate in taking a decision; ತಳವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಅಳೆ taḷavillade aḷe (fig.) to tell a lie; to pull a fast one.
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- destruction; ruin.
- meanness; base quality.
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- to die; to stop living; to become dead.
- to cease to be seen; to go out of sight.
- to destroy; to spoil; to obliterate.
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- that quantity of liquid (esp. oil) that sticks to the measuring vessel.
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- the tender feeling for another; love; affection.