an indiclinable denoting ' you know!' (while addressing men).

a distinguishing voice of a singer or sound of a musical instrument.

(dial.) a spectacle, a variety of agricultural produce (fruits, vegetables, etc.) placed before a deity on the new year eve, to be seen first the next day by the household.

a floor made for thrashing grains.

a battle-field.

a play ground.

a ground made ready for planting seeds or seedlings.

a piece of cloth for making blouse; a blouse-piece.

a broken piece of a grain.

a particle - a) an extremely small piece; tiny fragment; b) the slightest trace (as of truth, doubt); a speck.

a glowing bit of matter, esp. one thrown off by a fire.

the organ of vision; the eye.

a look; glance; gaze.

a thing like an eye in appearance or function as - a) a bud of a tuber, as a potato; b) the spot on a peacock's tail feather; c) the threading hole in a needle; d) a hole in a tool for fixing a handle; e) a mark spot on the surface of a die; f) the hole or space left open in a net; g) a hole; a cavity; an eyelet.

(fig.) the important, attractive and vital part of anything.

the excellent, superior thing in the class or group.

the act of seeing; vision.

something supposedly seen by other than normal sight; something perceived in a dream, trance, etc. or supernaturally revealed, as to a prophet.

the act or habit of telling the same thing repeatedly (in a boring manner).

ಕಣಿ ಮಾಡು kaṇi māḍu to putforth untenable reasons just to postpone doing something; ಕಣಿ ಹೇಳು kaṇi hēḷu to predict something supposedly seen by other than normal sight; something perceived in a dream, trance, etc. or supernaturally revealed, as to a prophet; to foretell.

the hard, solid, non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is composed; a piece of this; a stone.

space; room.