the fourth zodiacal sign, usu. associated with the period 22 June to 21 July; the Cancer.

the tree Celtis tetrandra of Ulmaceae family; Nilagiri elm.

the climber Grewia orientalis of Tiliaceae plant.

a beggar's alms-vessel.

pellets of frozen rain falling in showers from cumulonimbus clouds; hail.

= ಕರಿಂಕು.

a water-jar.

a festival observed on the full moon-day of the 12th month of a lunar year, in which a man, dressed as a woman runs on the roads carrying on his head jars filled with water without holdig them.

a folk dance prevailing in some parts of Tamiḷ Nāḍu and Kēraḷa.

ಕರಗದಮ್ಮ karagadamma a female deity of ಕರಗ.

a contagious skin disease with severe itching and red papules, caused by the itch mite; scabies.

a man of black complexion.

a woman of black complexion.

to be or become charred with excess heat or by burning.