a prolonged period of famine and drought.

a crow like bird, Centropus rufipennis; a crow-pheasant.

the act of making someone or something the object of scornful laughter by joking, mocking, etc.; derision.

(dial.) the act of causing laughter, pleasant tingling, etc. by exciting the surface nerves by touching or storking lightly with the finger, a feather, etc.; tickle.

= ಕುಕಿಲು2.

any of birds of Cuculidae family (order: Cuculiformes), with a long, slender body, greyish-brown on top and white below, which lay eggs in the nests of other birds; a cuckoo; a koel.

the call of a cuckoo.

= ಕುಕ್ಕ2.

a time or season that is not favourable or auspicious; an unpropitious time.

the plant Luvunga eleutherandra of Rutaceae family; trifoliate climbing lime.

its berry.

a perfume made from its berries.

= ಕುಕಿಲು1.

a sweet and low tone.

= ಕಗ್ಗಾವಳ.

to make the soft, long sounds of cuckoos.

to shout aloud.

the act or fact of boiling (as water); a boiling or bubbling up; ebullition.

a fire made of chaff or husks.

a hole, ditch filled with stakes.

a table land by the side of a hill.

= ಕುಕಿಲು2.

to apply light touches or strokes to (a person or part of a person's body) so as to excite the nerves and usu. produce laughter and spasmodic movement; to tickle.

a short leg (as of human beings, table etc.).

a black bird of the genus Corvus; a crow.

a large glossy black species of crow; raven.

the quality or condition of not being friendly; unfriendliness; hostility.

a kind of poison.

a great forest fire; conflagration.

a division of the infernal region or hell.

one who makes articles of baked clay; a potter.

a snake.

a mature uncastrated male pig; a boar.

the plant Solanum indicum of Solanaceae family; wild Indian brinjal.

its fruit.

the plant Anamirta paniculata (= Anamirta cocculus, = Cocculus indicus) of Menispermaceae family.

its berry.

a sort of pain as caused by a piercing stroke of a staff or cudgel.