a piece of cord or tape or a thin bundle of threads (as in a candle, oil lamp etc.) that is burning with a small flame, absorbing fuel by capillary attraction; a burning wick.

ಉರಿಬತ್ತಿ ದಾಸಯ್ಯ uribatti dāsayya a mendicant who carries a lamp with a burning wick.

the tree Mallotus philippensis ( = Rottlera tinctoria) of Euphorbiaceae family.