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.

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.

the plant Bambusa vulgaris of Poaceae family; bamboo cane.

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

the earth.

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

(chiefly in composition) to pull towards; to attract; to bring forcibly toward.

= ಏಳು2.

= ಏಳು3.

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.

to become alert, vigilant or careful.

(chiefly in composition) being in the first stage or an early stage of life; young; tender.

the annual herb Sesamum indicum ( = S. Orientale) of Pedaliaceae family; sesame plant.

its oil-yielding seeds; sesame.

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).

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.

totalling one more than six; seven.

the cardinal number seven; 7.

ಏಳುಹನ್ನೊಂದಾಗು ēḷuhannondāgu (ruin, ravage, loss, etc.) to happen; 2. to become very difficult; ಏಳರಾಟ Eḷarāṭa (astrol.) the agonising period of seven and half years caused by the planet Saturn being in an unfavourable position; ಏಳೆರಡು1 ēḷerḍu amounting to fourteen; ಏಳೆರಡು2 ēḷerḍu the cardinal number fourteen; 14; ಏಳುಕೆರೆಯ ನೀರುಕುಡಿ ēḷukereya nīru kuḍi (fig.) to go from town to town in pursuit of one's livelihood; to struggle hard; 2. (fig.) to get the real experience of hard life; ಏಳುಕೆರೆಯ ನೀರುಕುಡಿಸು ēḷu kereya nīrukuḍisu to make another's life miserable; to trouble; to annoy; ಏಳನೇ ತಿಂಗಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿರು ēḷanē tiŋgaḷinalli huṭṭiru (fig .) to hasten always with little thought (as an inborn quality of one's personality).

the annual herb Sesamum indicum ( = S. Orientale) of Pedaliaceae family; sesame plant.

its oil-yielding seeds; sesame; gingelly.

the plant Pedalium murex (=P. indica, = P. prostratum) of Pedaliaceae family; wild sesame.

a mixture of sesame, sugar (candy) or pieces of jaggery, bits of copra, and groundnut seeds that is distributed on the occasion of harvest festival Makara Sankrānti which normally falls on the 14th of January every year.

ಎಳ್ಳಷ್ಟು eḷḷaṣṭu = ಎಳ್ಳಿನಷ್ಟು; ಎಳ್ಳಿನಷ್ಟು eḷḷinaṣṭu minute; very small; negligibly small; ಎಳ್ಳು ಬೀರು eḷḷu bīru to distribute the mixture of sesame, sugar (candy) or pieces of jaggery, bits of copra, and groundnut seeds on the occasion of harvest festival Makara Sankrānti which normally falls on the 14th of January every year; ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರು ಬಿಡು eḷḷu nīru biḍu to give oblations to the dead; 2. (fig.) to abandon, sever the relation (with a person); 3. (fig.) to give up the hope (of getting back from a person the amount, thing etc. lent to him or her); ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರೆರೆ(ಱೆ) eḷḷu nīrere(ṛe) = ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರು ಬಿಡು.

(rightly, ಎಳೆ ಅರಸ, ಎಳೆಯರಸ) the ruler of a country; a king.