the colour of coal or pitch; black colour.

a forest (only in comp.).

that which is low, mean, base or inferior in quality.

the quality of being aggressively assertive, presumptuous or overbearing; arrogance.

pleasing to hear; sounding sweet; melodious.

to grow or become ripe; to ripen well.

to advance in age; to become old.

to lose strength, vigor, etc. (as in advanced age).

a thick liquid food made by boiling rice, ragi (finger millet) or jowar flour in water; a kind of porridge.

soft mud; slush; soggy earth; clay.

(dial.) the sap of some kinds of palm, fermented to produce arrack; toddy.

= ಕಳ್2.

to commit or get by, theft; to take or appropriate (another's property, ideas, etc.) without permission, dishonestly or unlawfully, esp. in a secret or surreptitious manner; to steal; to thieve.

ಕಳ್ವಾಳ್ kaḷvāḷa person who habitually steals or is guilty of theft; a thief.

a person guilty of or likely to commit great crimes; an evil or wicked person; a scoundrel; a villain.

a man unable to speak, usu. because of a congenital defect or deafness; a dumb man.