a rubbing or drawing of a line by rubbing for testing the purity of gold and silver pieces using a touchstone and the goldsmith's needle.

(fig.) any test of genuineness or value; ಖಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಹಚ್ಚು k haṭṭige haccu to subject to a severe test or tests to ascertain the genuineness, correct value or worth.

= ಗಟ್ಟ1.

to bind - a) to tie together; make fast or tight, as with a rope or band; b) to hold, obstruct or restrain as if tied or tied down or checked by a dam; c) to put or keep in prison; to jail; to imprison.

to build; to construct.

to wear (as a cloth ornament, etc.); to put on (as a role in a drama, cinema etc.).

to cause to wear (as a cloth ornament, etc.).

to predetermine; to regulate; to control.

to attack from all or almost all sides.

(a female of an animal) to be impregnated with the male gamete.

to win, control, succeed, etc. by using a magical power.

to pay or deposit money (as fees, fine, etc.).

to fix the price, value etc.

(fig.) to have, possess (cow, oxen etc.).

to create a poetical or musical work; to compose.

to make up (a story, reason, lie, etc.); to fabricate.

to develop and improve (something); to build up.

to gather together (number of persons, esp. soldiers).

ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳು kaṭṭikoḷḷu to earn; to receive as an income; to get as a reward for one's deed; 2. to stop; to obstruct; to avoid; 3. to engage in or carry on (a war, struggle, etc.); 4. to keep asisd for; to earmark; 5. to support one of the parties in a discussion, dispute; 6. to gather (a few people) around oneself; ಕಟ್ಟಿಟ್ಟಬುತ್ತಿ kaṭṭiṭṭabutti (fig. said of any inevitable result of an action) a result, effect or an award one is sure of getting; ಕಟ್ಟಿಡು kaṭṭiḍu to earmark (something) for a definite purpose; 2. to keep (something) aside; to not raise (the matter, objection, challenge, etc.); ಕಟ್ಟಿದುದು kaṭṭidudu the destiny - a) the seemingly inevitable or necessary succession of events; b) what will necessarily happen to any person or thing; (one's) fate; ಕಟ್ಟಿಬರು kaṭṭibaru to come in group (as a group of soldiers attacking someone or something); 2. (fig.) (unfriendly feeling, hostility, hatred; dislike, etc.) to grow (between); ಕಟ್ಟಿಹೋರು kaṭṭi hōru to fight unyieldingly; ಕಟ್ಟಿದ ಮನೆ ಮೆಟ್ಟಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಅಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡುಬಂದೆಯೊ ಯಮನೆ? kaṭṭida mane meṭṭalilla, aṭṭikoṇḍu bandeyo Yamane? Death never waits for one to be ready for it; ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಟ್ಟ ಬುತ್ತಿ, ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟ ಮಾತು ಎಷ್ಟು ದೂರ ಬಂದೀತು? kaṭṭikoṭṭa butti, hēḷikoṭṭa mātu eṣṭu dūra bandītu? (prov.) one must depend on one's prudence, rather than depending always on another's advice; ಕಟ್ಟುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತು ಇಲ್ಲ, ಬಿತ್ತುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ರಾಗಿಯಿಲ್ಲ, ಕೂರಿಗೆ ಹೊತ್ತುಕೊಂಡು ಕುಣಿದ kaṭṭuvudakke ettu illa, bittuvudakke rāgiyilla, kūrige hottukoṇḍu kuṇida plan not your project, when means are not available with you; count not four, except you have them in a wallet.

that which binds; fetter; manacle; shackle.

the fact or an instance of being bound.

any line or thing marking a limit; bound; border.

an ornamental metal-cone, ring or frame used to embelish something.

a regulation; a rule - a prescribed guide for conduct or action; the laws or regulations prescribed by the founder or reformer of a religious order for observance by its members; an accepted procedure, custom or habit; a regulation by law governing procedure or controlling conduct.

a number of things tied, wrapped together; a bundle; a package or parcel.

the condition, quality or period of being pregnant (said of an animal).

an avoiding, by magical powers, of evil spirits entering.

the supposed use of an evil supernatural power over people and their affairs; witchcraft; black magic.

the act or an instance of excluding, by an act of ecclesiastical authority, from the sacraments, rights, and privileges of a religious or social system; excommunication.

a structure (usu. temporary) made for the purpose of providing shelter to.

a bundle of files or papers.

ಕಟ್ಟಾಗು kaṭṭāgu to be stopped; to be avoided; to be imprisoned; ಕಟ್ಟುಪಡು kaṭṭupaḍu = ಕಟ್ಟಾಗು; ಕಟ್ಟಿಕ್ಕು kaṭṭikku to put a strip of cloth, with or without medicines, on an injured part of a person; ಕಟ್ಟಿನಜ್ವರ kaṭṭinajvara a fever that recurs in regular intervals; ಕಟ್ಟುಮಾಡು kaṭṭu māḍu to restrict; to restain; 2. to imprison; to jail; 3. to order; to command; to issue regulation; ಕಟ್ಟುಹರಿದ ಪಂಜು kaṭṭu harida panju (fig.) that which has transgressed the limits, rules, social or moral regulations, etc.

a liquid in which red gram (pulse of Cajanus indicus, a leguminous plant) or any other pulse is boiled without spices but strained, (prescribed esp. for patients to have it with boiled rice); a soup-like dish.

ಕಟ್ಟಿನಾಂಬರ kaṭṭinambara a liquid made with such a soup and spices; ಕಟ್ಟಿನಾಂಬ್ರ kaṭṭinambra = ಕಟ್ಟಿನಾಂಬರ.

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.

an inhabitant of a forest; a forester.

a man who lives by hunting; a hunter.

a minor deity.

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

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

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.

a man belonging to brāhmaṇa caste.

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

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.

immediately; without delay.

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.

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

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

the outskirts of a city or a 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.

a dead 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 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 enforced by social disapproval of any violation; a ustom.

the fine, dustlike 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 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 man dwelling in a forest; a forest-dweller.

an unrefined, uncultured or uncivilised man.