any of the pieces of hard tissue that make up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal, and consist largely of calcium phosphate or carbonate in a matrix of collagen fibres; a bone.

brightness; brilliance; splendour.

to be hanging loosely; to be dangling.

= ಎಲ2.

an interjection used to express wonder, surprise.

= ಎಲ1.

= ಏಲಂ.

ho! ho! - a term used calling servants.

an interjection used a) to express wonder or b) when something is remembered suddenly.

an indeclinable used in addressing a person.

wholly; entirely; all; all over.

(in composition) lasting all, all over (space) (as in ದಿನವೆಲ್ಲಾ, ವರ್ಷವೆಲ್ಲಾ, ದೇಶವೆಲ್ಲಾ, ಊರೆಲ್ಲಾ).

an interjection used a) to express wonder or b) when something is remembered suddenly.

(used in all genders) all the quantity, number or extent.

ಎಲ್ಲಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ellakkinta heccāgi more than all; above all.

= ಎಲೇ1.

an indeclinable used in addressing a person.

all - a) the whole extent, amount or quantity of; b) the entire number of.

= ಎಲೊ.

= ಎಲೊ.

a (very rough) interjection used to express, call in contempt, one's anger, disregard, etc.

(gen.) a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis; a leaf of a plant.

the leaf of betel vine (Piper betle).

the leaf of a plantain or platter made of sewn leaves of the tree Butea frondosa, used for dining on.

a thin sheet or plate of any substance; metal (as gold or silver) in very thin.

any of the 52 cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits; a playing card.

a leaf of a corolla; a petal.

ಎಲೆಹಾಕು ele hāku to prepare for dinner; 2. to eat the betel leaves; 3. to play using playing cards; ಎಲೆಯಮರೆಯ ಕಾಯಿ eleyamareya kāyi a person who does a lot of work in the type of job but not often seen or recognised by the public nor does he or she long for publicity; ಎಲೆ ಎತ್ತೊ ಗುಂಡ ಅಂದರೆ, ಉಂಡವರೆಷ್ಟು ಮಂದಿ ಅಂತ ಕೇಳಿದ ele etto guṇḍa andare, uṇḍavareṣṭu mandi anta kēḷida (prov.) to ask unnecessary and impertinent questions when asked to do something; ನೆಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಣ್ಣುವವನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲೆ ಕೇಳು neladalli uṇṇuvavanalli ele kēḷu (prov.) to ask a beggar for charity; ಎಲೆಗೆ ಕಾಯಿಮರೆ, ಕಾಯಿಗೆ ಎಲೆಮರೆ elege kāyi mare, kāyige ele mare (prov.) an association for mutual help, esp. for a fraudulent purpose.