1. ಉಪ್ಪು

    ♪ uppu
      noun
    1. sodium chloride, NaCl, a white, crystalline substance with a characteristic taste, found in natural beds, in sea water, etc., and used for seasoning and preserving foods, etc.; (common) salt.
    2. the taste of common salt.
    3. a favour or service; an obligation.
    4. ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಗೊಬ್ಬರ uppina gobbara a chemical fertiliser put on or in the soil to improve the quality or quantity of plant growth; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮಾಳ uppina māḷa = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮಾಳೆ uppina māḷe = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೇಳೆ uppina mēḷe = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೊಳೆ uppina moḷe = ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ; ಉಪ್ಪಿನಮೋಳೆ uppina mōḷe the heap of raw, unrefined salt; 2.a tax levied on the unrefined salt; ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಋಣ uppina řṇa the condition or fact of being indebted to another for a help (esp. in getting one's livelihood) received; ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಗಿಡ uppina giḍa a short weed with edible leaves, Oxalis corniculata ( = O. pusilla, = Xanthoxalis corniculata) of Oxalidaceae family; Indian sorrel; ಉಪ್ಪು ಸೊಪ್ಪಾಗು uppu soppāgu to change the basic nature (of a person); ಉಪ್ಪು ಹಾಕು uppu hāku to add salt (to a food preparation); 2. not to show any concern, interest or fear; ಉಪ್ಪು ಹುಟ್ಟದಿರು uppu huṭṭadiru (one's credibility) to be lost; ಉಪ್ಪು ಹುಳಿ ತಿನ್ನುವ ದೇಹ uppu huḷi tinnuva dēha (fig.) (a statement generalising the mankind) one has feelings or faults that are natural because these are common for all human beings; 'a person of flesh and blood'; ಉಪ್ಪಿಲ್ಲ, ಹುಳಿಯಿಲ್ಲ uppilla, huḷiyilla not interesting or satisfying; dull; empty; jejune; ಉಪ್ಪು ಕಾರ (ಖಾರ) ಹಚ್ಚು uppu kāra (khāra) haccu (fig.) to report, convey in an exciting, provocating or exaggerated manner to give a curious or dimmer picture than the fact is; ಉಪ್ಪು ತಿಂದ ಮನೆಗೆ ಎರಡು ಬಗೆ uppu tinda manege eraḍu bage (prov.) to be ungrateful to one from whom timely help was received; ಉಪ್ಪು ತಿಂದವ ನೀರು ಕುಡಿದಾನು uppu tindava nīru kuḍidānu (prov.) one has to inevitably face the consequence of one's own deed; ಉಪ್ಪಿನವ ಕೆಟ್ಟೆ ಅಂದರೆ, ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿಯವ ಹೊರಳಿಹೊರಳಿ ಅತ್ತ uppinava keṭṭe andare, teŋgina kāyiyav horaḷi horaḷi atta (prov.) show hypocritical sympathy; ತಾಯಿಗಿಂತ ಬಂಧುವಿಲ್ಲ ಉಪ್ಪಿಗಿಂತ ರುಚಿಯಿಲ್ಲ utāyiginta bandhuvilla, uppiginta ruciyilla (prov.) one's mother is his or her best well-wisher; ಉರಿಯುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಉಪ್ಪು ಹಾಕು/ಹಚ್ಚು uriyuvudakke uppu hāku/haccu (prov.) to behave rudely, annoyingly with someone who is already agonised or in great pain; to cause to increase another's pain, anger etc.; to add insult to injury; ಒಬ್ಬನ ಉಪ್ಪು ತಿಂದಿರು obbana uppu tindiru (fig.) to be indebted to another for the help received while in distress.
  2. ಉಪ್ಪು

    ♪ uppu
      noun
    1. a place of one's normal stay; a residence.
    2. the state of being.
    3. (in games like kuṇṭu bille) a square marked with cross lines where the player has the protection against making mistakes or from being declared out.
    4. (in games) a defeat imposed on one's rival.
    5. a particular kind of game played by women.
  3. ಉಪ್ಪು

    ♪ uppu
      noun
    1. (dial.) a treating (a child) very tenderly; foolish or excessive fondling; a pampering; a coddling.
  4. ಅಡಿಗೆ ಉಪ್ಪು

    ♪ aḍige uppu
      noun
    1. = ಅಡಿಗೆಯುಪ್ಪು.
  5. ಅಡುಗೆ ಉಪ್ಪು

    ♪ aḍuge uppu
      noun
    1. sodium chloride; common salt.