a thick opaque usu. yellowish white fluid matter formed by suppuration and composed of exudate containing white blood cells, tissue debris, and micro organisms; pus.

the lower end of a plant remaining in the ground or of hair projecting on the skin after most of the upper portion is cut off; a stump.

a new shoot put forth by the side of a stump.

the sprout put forth by a wet seed or grain.

a wicked, morally depraved woman.

= ಕೂಳಿ.

the act of leaving the region, town, village where one normally lives to settle in another, permanently or for a relatively longer period (esp. necessitated by famine, disaster, etc. or by threat or coercion); immigration.

a collection of several persons, things, animals, etc. together at a place of time; a crowd, multitude.

the lower end of a plant remaining in the ground after most of the stem has been cut off; a stump.

a new shoot put forth by the side of a stump.

the sprout put forth by a wet seed or grain.

a wicked, morally depraved woman.

= ಗೂಳೆಯ.

the act or an instance of stealing; theft.

a floor made for thrashing grains; a thrashing floor.

a wide area where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

a place where game or games are played; a play-ground.

a bed made for planting plants (esp. seedlings).

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.

pleasing to hear; sounding sweet; melodious.

a man who habitually steals or is guilty of theft; a thief.

= ಕಳ್2.

the colour of coal or pitch; black colour.

a quantity of thread or yarn wound in a coil; skein.

the juice that circulates through a plant, esp. a woody plant, bearing water, food, etc. to the tissues; the plant sap.

toddy - a) the sweet sap of various East Indian palms, used as a beverage b) an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting this sap.

(dial.) a pattern of squares often alternately coloured; chequer.