small, short, light, ringing sounds as of a very small bell; tinkle.

ಕಿಣಿಕಿಣಿ ಎನ್ನು kiṇi kiṇi ennu to make a series of small, short, light, ringing sounds like those of a very small bell; to tinkle.

a thin, transparent film on a tooth surface, containing mucin, bacteria, etc, which, if not removed, forms tartar and promotes tooth decay; plaque.

(dial.) a writer; one who lives by writing profession.

a sect in the brāhmaṇa community of Konkaṇ region.

= ಕೀನಿ.

any of tropical or subtropical birds of Psittaciformes order, with a hooked bill, brightly coloured feathers, and feet having two toes pointing forward and two backward, some of which can learn to imitate human speech; a parrot.

a child, the words of which are pleasing.

a wooden hook or a beak-shaped peg, part of which is pegged into a wall, for hanging clothes.

ಗಿಣಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ಹೇಳು giṇige hēḷida hāge hēḷu (fig.) to advise convincingly and patiently; ಗಿಣಿಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಸಾಕು giṇiya hāge sāku to bring up (a child) vdery carefully and lovingly.

(usu. used in dupl.) the imitative sound of ringing bells.

the normal coarse food of horse, cattle or sheep (as grass, hay, grains etc.); fodder.

(now obs.) a tax levied on fodder.

food in gen.

a press or mill used to extract juice from sugarcane or oil from oil seeds.

ಗಾಣದ ಎತ್ತು gāṇada ettu an ox used to turn the heavy pestle of an oil mill; a miller's ox; 2. (fig.) a person engaged in a work that is hard, menial or tiresome; a workhorse; ಎಣ್ಣೆ ಬರುವಾಗ ಗಾಣ ಮುರೀತು eṇṇe baruvāga gāṇa murītu (prov.) misfortune times for itself when hard work is about to bring the fruit; ಗಾಣದೆತ್ತಿಗೆ ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಏಕೆ? ಗೋಣಿಗೆ ಗವಸಣಿಗೆ ಏಕೆ? gāṇadettige gejje ēke? gōṇige gavasṇige ēke? (prov.) a menial never needs a white collar coat.

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.

(fig.) compassionate feeling or treatment; kindness; mercy.

the central portion of any percussion instrument, where it is played with fingers; the black dough pasted on there;

ಕಣ್ಗೆವರ್ kaṇgevar to be seen; 2. to be attractive; to be eye-catching; ಕಣ್ಣನೀರ್ kaṇṇa nīr = ಕಣ್ಣೀರು - 1; ಕಣ್ಣಪಾಪೆ kaṇṇa pāpe the pupil of the eye.

a floor prepared for beating out grains from the harvested crop; a thrashing floor.

(hist.) a tax used to be levied on such floors.

an area prepared for wrestlers to fight, usu. surrounded by seats for spectators; an arena.

a sliding box in a table, chest, etc., that can be drawn out and then pushed back into place, used to keep small things; a drawer.

a man with one eye; a monocular man.

a man deprived of sight; a blind man.

a perforated or broken thing.

the glossy black bird of moderate size; crow.

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.

a large number of persons or things, esp. when gathered together or considered as a unit; a multitude; a flock.

(vīr.) a mendicant, who keeps moving from place to place.

a group of attendants of Śiva, (as a class).

a unit of an army with twentyseven chariots, twenty seven elephants, eighty one horses, and one hundred thirty five foot-soldiers.

any of the minor or demi-gods.

a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; a category; a class.

(pros.) a metrical foot, with definite number of syllables.

the plant Trachyspermum ammi ( = Carum cpiticum) of Apiaceae family; Bishop's weed.

its seed.

(astrol.) any of the three classes in to which human beings are classified based on their birth-stars, on which the matchability of the bride and groom is derived.

(biol.) a scientific classification of a group of related plants or animals ranking above a family and below a class; an order.

(math.) a collection of distinct entities, individually specified or satisfying specified conditions, forming a unit; a set.

a floor made for thrashing grains.

a battle-field.

a play ground.

a ground made ready for planting seeds or seedlings.

= ಕಾಣು.

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

coarse food for cattle, horses, sheep, etc., as cornstalks, hay, and straw; fodder.

a tax levied on cattle-feed (now obs.).

(dial.) a depositing of a valuable item as security for performance of a contract or payment of a loan; pledge.

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