a deep and tender feeling of affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons; love.

a portion or division of a whole; a part.

a unit of weight.

a projecting part cut on the end of a piece of wood, etc. for insertion into a corresponding hole (mortise) in another piece to make a joint; a tenon.

to sit - a) to rest the weight of the body upon the buttocks and the back of the thighs, as on a chair, the floor, a mat, etc.; to be seated; b) (a quadruped) to rest on the haunches with the forelegs braced; c) (a bird) to perch or roost.

to occupy a position of authority.

(gen.) to be placed on.

to fit in (properly); ಕೂತು ತಿನ್ನುವವನಿಗೆ ಕುಡಿಕೆ ಹಣ ಸಾಲದು kūtu tinnuvavanige kuḍike haṇa sāladu (prov.) for a reckless spender, no wealth does last; idleness is the greatest prodigality in the world.

(dial.) to feel drowsy.

to feel love or deep fondness for; to love.

to delight in; to admire; to greatly cherish.

small; little; tiny.

= ಗೂರಲು.

that which is difficult to understand, achieve, manage, etc.

a person who teaches whether or not as a profession; a teacher.

a person who initiates, admits or baptizes into a religion or religious order.

a religious preacher.

one's male parent; father.

a person whose function is to make sacrificial offerings and perform other religious rites; a priest.

a venerable person.

Břhaspati, the preceptor of gods.

the head of a monastery of a religion.

(astrol.) Jupiter, one of the nine planets that are believed to influence human lives.

a long syllable that is considered as being two times the short one, in prosody.

a sign (-) used to represent this.

ಗುರು ಹಿರಿಯರು guru hiriyaru (pl.) one's elders, teachers and advisors (often used as a general term for elders); ಗುರುವಿಗೇ ತಿರುಮಂತ್ರ ಹೇಳು guruvigē tirumantra hēḷu (prov.) to teach the techniques to a person from whom one has learnt; to behave arrogantly with one's preceptor, advisor, etc.; ಗುರುಕೊಟ್ಟ ಜೋಳಿಗೆಯೆಂದು ಗೂಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಗಿಸೆದರೆ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ತುಂಬೀತೆ? guru koṭṭa jōḷigeyendu gūṭakke sigisidre hoṭṭe tumbīte? (prov.) to get the fruit, one must work hard, rather than counting on the grace of god or one's preceptor; ಗುರುವಿಗೆ ಗುಟುಕು ನೀರು, ಶಿಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆಮಜ್ಜನ guruvige guṭuku nīru, śiṣyanige eṇṇe majjana (prov.) while the deserved starves, the undeserved or less deserved is bestowed with all the enjoyments; ಗುರುವಿಗೆ ಇರುವೆ ಕಚ್ಚದೆ? guruvige iruve kaccade (prov.) an individual's honour, merit or renown does not protect one from pain or agony that come in the natural course.

hard to lift or move because of great weight; weighty; heavy.

of much more than ordinary size, extent, volume, etc.; great or greater.

having (more) importance or influence; of consequence.

to expel air suddenly and noisily from the lungs through the glottis, either as the result of an involuntary muscular spasm in the throat or to clear the air passages; to cough.

boiled rice.

an inflamed pus-filled swelling caused by infection; a boil; an abscess.

something that pains, irritates a person; an irritant.

ಕುರುವಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೊಕ್ಕೆ kuruvina mēle bokke (fig.) a difficult or irritant condition worsening by another such difficulty or irritation.

the indistinct sound as made in the throat.

a sound imitating it.

to dig or turn up the earth with the horn or tusk (as a bull, wild pig, etc.).

the end part of the human arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and thumb; the hand.

an elephant's elongated prehensile nose; the trunk.

the length of the arm from the end of the middle finger to the elbow; a former unit of linear measure, about 18-22 inches (45.4-55.5 cm); a cubit.

a compulsory payment, usu. a percentage, levied on income, property value, sales price, etc. for the support of a government; a tax.

a payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, esp. as a sign of dependence; tribute.

a ray of light.

water.

a cloud.

a liquid, usu. red and circulating in the arteries and veins of vertebrates, that carries oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body; blood.

an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen; air.

a symbol for the number 2.

the cardinal number six; 6.

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

a small south constellation near Virgo; the Corvus.

the act or fact of doing, making, etc.

a compulsory payment levied on income, property value, sales price, etc. for the support of a government; a tax.

a thing that may cause injury, pain, etc. ; a danger.

a month in the Tuḷu calendar corresponding tot he period June-July; rainy season.