physically powerful; robust; strong; not easily affected by outside force or influence.

unreasonably determined to have one's own way; not yielding to reason or plea; strongly inclined towards; stubborn; obstinate.

a place on the bank of a river or tank, where steps are provided for people to go down to have bath.

a range of mountains.

a flight of steps leading down to a river, tank etc. landing (for ritual bathers).

in a chess-like game, the house, usu. marked with a cross-mark, where a pawn cannot be defeated.

ಗಟ್ಟದ ಉಪ್ಪು, ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ gaṭṭada uppu, beṭṭada nellikāyi (fig.) a rare or accidental joining together which results in a good match; ಅಟ್ಟ ಸ್ವರ್ಗವಲ್ಲ, ಗಟ್ಟ ಮೇರುವಲ್ಲ aṭṭa svargavalla, gaṭṭa mēruvalla (prov.) mere resemblance does not bring for one the greatness of another; ಹುಟ್ಟುಗುಣ ಗಟ್ಟ ಹತ್ತಿದರೂ ಹೋಗದು huṭṭuguṇa gaṭṭa hattidarū hōgadu (prov.) one's ingrained qualities stick on.

an adjectival morpheme predictable before certain words as an intensifier in the sense 'the very' 'the obsolutely' 'excessively'.

difficulty - a) the condition or fact of being difficult; b) something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection.

(dial.) a single complete in-and-out movement of the threaded needle in sewing, a stitch or a series of such stitching.

a relatively large, compressed, bound, wrapped bundle of goods; a bale.

a short, usu. tapering or pointed piece of wood, metal, etc. used to hold parts together or in place or to close an opening; a peg; a bung. ಗಟ್ಟ ಹಾಕು gaṭṭa hāku to make into a bale or bales.

the act of rubbing by moving one's hand, a cloth etc. over (something) or by moving two things one over the other, with friction repeatedly.

a hitting hard or being hit so.

a condition of being pressed, rubbed.

the impact of it.

a flight of steps leading to water (or bed) of a tank, river, etc. (esp. for people to bathe, get water, etc.).

a period, level or degree in a process of development, growth or change; a stage.

a wharf, usu. of concrete or stone, for use in loading and unloading ships; a quay.

a range of mountains; the act of touching, banging on or beating.

a hill or mountain.

ಘಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತರು ghaṭṭakke taru to bring (something) to a level or degree in a process of development, growth or change; to help cross over a difficult period; ಘಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು ghaṭṭakke baru = ಘಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರು; ಘಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿಸು ghaṭṭakke sērisu = ಘಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತರು; ಘಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರು ghaṭṭakke sēru to come to or reach a level or degree in a process of development, growth or change; to cross over a difficult period.

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.

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.

strong, pungent and stifling smell as of red chilly, tobacco, etc.

the part at, toward or near either of the extremities of anything; tip; end.

a stretch of rising land at the edge of a body of water, esp. a river.

a basin at the bottom of a tree or a levelled wet agricultural land with raised mound on all sides, for holding water.

something lent, esp. a sum of money to be returned; a loan; the thing or money loaned.

ಕಡ ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಬಡವ ಕೆಟ್ಟ kaḍa huṭṭi baḍava keṭṭa hewho goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; ಕಡ ಸಿಕ್ಕುವುದಾದರೆ, ಹಡಗೇ ನನಗಿರಲಿ kaḍa sikkuvudādare, haḍagē nanagirali borrowing tempts one to be always acquisitive.

a largedeer (Cervus unicolor) with coarse hair, a short, erectile mane, and three-pointed antlers; an Indian sambar.

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.

a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross; a ford; a place or route of carriage over water; the place where a ferry docks on either shore; a ferry.