a long and strong timber used as a horizontal support for a roof of a building; a wooden beam.

the earth.

the plant Bambusa vulgaris of Poaceae family; bamboo cane.

tender; unripe; being in the early stage of development.

to pull forward; to bring forcibly after one.

to pull towards; to attract.

to draw a line; to construct in linear form.

to draw (a sword etc. out of its sheath).

to unduly lengthen (as a story, song, etc.); to slow down the pace.

ಎಳೆದುಕೊಂಡುಹೋಗು eḷedukoṇḍu hōgu (fig.) to go on dragging (something) for a long time; to prolong boringly or irritatingly; ಎಳೆದು ಮಾತನಾಡು eḷedu mātanāḍu to speak in a slow, lengthened tone; to utter in a slow and sleepy manner; to drawl; ಎಳೆಯಲಾರದ ಎತ್ತು ಮಿಣಿಯಮೇಲೆ ಬಿತ್ತು eḷeyalārada ettu miṇiya mēle bittu (prov.) he who is incapable of doing, always resorts to excuses; a bad workman quarrels with his tools.

fibre - a) a slender, threadlike structure that combines with others to form animal or vegetable tissue; b) the tissue so formed.

a thin line of twisted fibre; a twisted thread.

(fig.) something that leads out of a puzzle or to arrive at a definite solution or conclusion.

ಎಳೆಗಾಗಿ ಬಾಲ ಕಳೆದುಕೊ eḷegāgi bāla kaḷeduko (prov.) to lose one's fortune for a petty gain; to lose a ship for a half-penny worth of tar; ಎಳೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದರೆ ಹಚ್ಚಡ ನುಂಗಿದ eḷe sikkidare haccaḍa nuŋgida (prov.) a small amount of favour to a man not deserving it, might cost your fortune.

a kind of metre having in each verse, two lines with seven gaṇas (groups) of which the sixth one being Brahmagaṇa and the others being Viṣṇugaṇa.

a festival of Goddess Lakṣmi observed by women on the eighth day of the sixth month (Bhādrapada) of Hindu lunar year ( on which day a thread is tied round their wrist).

the herb, Elettaria cardamomum of Zingiberaceae family.

its seed capsule, the seeds of which (or the capsules itself) are used as spice and in medicine; cardamom.

to get up; to stand up (from the sitting position).

to come out of sleep or a state similar to sleep, stupor, trance etc.; to wake up.

to recover from unconsciousness, stupor or disease.

to become alert, vigilant or careful.

ಎದ್ದಾಡು eddāḍu to jump (in joy); ಎದ್ದಾಸರು eddāsaru intense desire or need for water caused by dryness in the mouth and throat; ಎದ್ದಾಳು eddāḷu a tall person; 2. a person of importance, good social status; 3. a person who is conspicuous in a gathering by some particular or peculiar physical characteristics, ಎದ್ದುಕಾಣಿಸು eddu kāṇisu to be projecting out (as from with a plain surface); 2. to be attracting attention by being unusual, outstanding; to be striking, prominent or conspicuous; ಎದ್ದುಕಾಣು eddu kāṇu = ಎದ್ದುಕಾಣಿಸು; ಎದ್ದರೆ ಜುಟ್ಟು ಹಿಡಿ, ಬಿದ್ದರೆ ಕಾಲು ಹಿಡಿ eddare juṭṭu hiḍi, biddare kālu hiḍi (prov.) to have dual value systems; to be arrogant while in a favourable position, but to be humble when humiliated; ಏಳು ಅನ್ನೋ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡಬಾರದು ēḷu annō jāgadalli kūrbāradu (prov.) stay not where you do not get respect.