to exercise authority over; to rule; to administer; to direct; to control; to manage, to govern.

to obtain; to get; to have; to posses.

to enjoy; to use with delight and satisfaction.

to protect; to faster; to take care of.

to go under the surface of a liquid; to plunge or sink oneself in to water etc.

to be engaged or absorbed (as in a work, sorrow, etc.) 3) to be or go within.

to cause to drown.

to fall losing one's strength; to collapse.

a human being; a woman or a man.

(gen.) a man.

a man of capacity; a capable man; a manly person.

a soldier.

a member of that branch of an army consisting of soldiers trained and equipped to fight chiefly on foot; a foot-soldier.

a disciple.

a person employed to perform services, esp. household duties, for another; a servant.

a chess piece of the lowest value which can be moved only forward and one square at a time (or two squares on its first move), and which captures with a diagonal move; a pawn.

a measure of depth or height, varying from five feet to six feet.

ಆಳು ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಆಕಾರ, ಬಾಳು ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಬಾಯಿಬಡಿದುಕೋ ಬೇಕು āḷu nōḍidre ākāra, bāḷu nōḍidare bāyi baḍidukō bēku (said of a person) outwardly impressive, while inwardly useless; the appearance veils the essence; fat hens lay few eggs; ಆಳಾಗಬಲ್ಲವ ಅರಸಾಗಬಲ್ಲ āḷāga ballava arasāgaballa he who can work hard himself, may manage to get the work done too; he who cannot be a servant of many, will never be a master; ಆಳುಮಾಡಿದ್ದು ಹಾಳು, ತಾನು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು ಉತ್ತಮ āḷu māḍiddu hāḷu, tānu māḍiddu uttama self-done is well done; depending on others for one's work to be done, is dangerous; ಆಳುದ್ದ ಭಾವಿಗೆ ಗೇಣುದ್ದ ಹಗ್ಗ āḷudda bhāvige gēṇudda hagga to work with insufficient means; to put a shark in a swimming pool.

a kind of tax levied, not in practice now.

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.

a fit of weeping, shedding tears.

a loud vocal sound expressing pain; a cry.

to die; to stop living; to become dead.

to cease to be seen; to go out of sight.

to destroy; to spoil; to obliterate.

destruction; ruin.

meanness; base quality.

that quantity of liquid (esp. oil) that sticks to the measuring vessel.

the tender feeling for another; love; affection.