a joint or device on which a door, gate, lid, etc. swings; a hinge.

to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it; to drink.

to absorb anything as if in drinking.

to drink alcoholic liquor, sometimes esp. as a matter of habit or to excess.

to draw (air, smoke of a cigarette, etc.) into the lungs; to inhale

ಕುಡಿಯುವ ಪಾನಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ ಹಾಗೆ kuḍiyuva pānakadalli kaḍḍi sikkida hāge (prov.) a petty thing can mar the festival pleasure.

the tip or point.

the foremost part of a creeper or of any of its branches.

offspring; a child or children.

the burning end of a wick (of a lamp).

a covering for the face or part of the face; a mask.

a turning; a curvature; a curve 2) a little house with a thatched roof; a hut.

a vessel used for fumigation.

a bunch of flowers; a bouquet; a nosegay.

the whole physical structure and substance of a human being, animal; the body.

a perennial woody plant rising from the ground with a single supporting trunk or stem; a tree.

= ಕುಟಿಕೆ.

a house, residence.

a building for the worship of a god, where an idol of that god is installed; a temple.

a drapery, awning or other roof-like covering, often a decorative one, fastened above a roof, pandal, etc. or held on poles.

the work of engraving on or making dolls and other handicraft works from, wood.

the act or profession of paining, colouring.

the peak of a mountain.

a flag, banner.

a pole planted in front of the house on the new yeaṛs day.

the festival observed on that day.

a wild boar or swine (Sus scrofa) (esp. female).

the plant Tacca integrifolia of Taccaceae family.

its bulbous root.

ಕೋಟಿಕೊಟ್ಟು ಗೂಟಿ ತಿನ್ನು kōṭikoṭṭu gūṭi tinnu a proverbial saying emphasising the nutritiousness of the bulbous root of the plant Tacca integrifolia of Taccaceae family.

= ಘುಂಟ.

an apparent ring of light encircling the sun, moon or other luminous body, caused by refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere; a halo.

a large number of things being or collected together; a mass; a collection.

the profession of farming.

a family is engaged in farming, agriculture.

the colour of charcoal; black colour.

a man dwelling in a forest; a forest-dweller.

an unrefined, uncultured or uncivilised man.

the garden lizard,with an angular head, prehensile tail, eyes that move independently of each other, and a long, agile tongue for catching prey, known for its changing colour; a chameleon.

a man belonging to brāhmaṇa caste.

the auditory sensation produced by vibrations in air, water, etc.; sound.

(dial.) an instrument for weighing; a balance.

an inhabitant of a forest; a forester.

a man who lives by hunting; a hunter.

a minor deity.

a flat, coarse fabric made of straw used as a floor covering or to sit on; a straw mat.

the outskirts of a city or town.

a time; period of time; a season.

the hip and loins; the hollow above the hips.

the fleshy side of a person or animal between the ribs and the hip; the flank.

the dead body of a person; corpse.

a place for the burial or cremation of the dead bodies; a cemetry; a crematory.

a portable framework on which a corpse is carried.

a long, broad, thick wooden board; a plank.

a plant lasting or living only one year or one season.

The grass Saccharum sara (= S. munja) of Poaceae family.

plentifulness; bountifulness; excessiveness; abundance.

either of the flat surfaces alongside the forehead, in front of each ear of an elephant; the temples.

either of the two bones or bony parts that hold the teeth and frame the mouth in most vertebrates; the jaw.

a pointed straight missile to be shot from a bow; an arrow.

a social convention carried on by tradition and any violation of which is disapproved by the social system; a custom.

the fine, dust-like mass of grains that are produced in the anthers or microspore sacs of seed plants, containing the male sexual cells (gametophytes) of the plant; pollen.

the act or an instance of annoying; annoyance; a troubling or trouble; vexation.

ಕಾಟಕೊಡು kāṭa koḍu to annoy; to trouble; to pester; to vex; ಕಾಟ ಹಾಕು kāṭa hāku to force or constrain, to do or restrain from from doing something; to compel.