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the left-over in a dining plate; anything that has come into contact with the mouth, tongue or teeth or the hands of the person while taking food (considered defiled).
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the saliva spit out.
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anything that has been consumed, enjoyed, by another.
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(fig.) money or favour received for having shown some favour illegally or wrongly; bribe;
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ಎಂಜಲಕುಳಿ eñjalakuḷi a hallow or depression in the ground to spit the saliva, to dump the left-overs in a dining plate or leaves on which food is taken; ಎಂಜಲಕುೞಿ eñjalakułi = ಎಂಜಲಕುಳಿ; ಎಂಜಲಮಾತು eñjalamātu speech, sayings, words repeated by one, spoken by another earlier; ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಹೇಸದವಳು ತಂಗಳು ಬಿಟ್ಟಾಳೆಯೇ? eñjalige hēsadavaḷu taŋgaḷu biṭṭāḷeyē? (prov.) an agreement with wretchedness never abhors servility; ಎಂಜಲು ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಕಾಗೆ ಹೊಡೆಯದಿರು eñjalu kaiyinda kāge hoḍeyadiru (prov.) to be very mean and miserly; not allow water slip through one's grasp; ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಕೈಯೊಡ್ಡು eñjalige kaiyoḍḍu (derog.) to plead for money, to serve another abjectly for money at the cost of one's self-respect; to behave obsequiously; to cringe; ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಬಾಯಿಬಿಡು eñjalige bāyibiḍu (derog.) to behave humbly or abjectly for some benefit or favour from another; ಎಂಜಲು ತಿನ್ನು eñjalau tinnu = ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಕೈಯೊಡ್ಡು; ಎಂಜಲು ನೆಕ್ಕು eñjalau nekku = ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಕೈಯೊಡ್ಡು.