a kind of meal made of rice, ragi or jowar flour and boiling water and, often, buttermilk; a sour porridge.

to grow or become ripe; to ripen well.

to advance in age; to become old.

to lose strength, vigor, etc. (as in advanced age).

to rejoice; to be delighted; to be pleased.

to have unwarranted pride and undue self-importance; to become arrogant.

(rightly ಗಾಳಿ) the elastic, invisible mixture of gases (chiefly nitrogen and oxygen, as well as hydrogen, carbon dioxide, argon, neon, helium, etc.) that surrounds the earth, either in motion or not; air; wind.

the supposed disembodied spirit of a dead person (esp. a pregnant woman), conceived of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition; a ghost.

any clue by which something is followed or detected.

the state of the mind being agitated, perturbed greatly.

the power of a person who affects another, as seen in the action, style etc. of the latter.

the trend of affairs or public opinion.

a wooden pin used to insert a) in to the hole of latch of a door for preventing it from being opened or b) in to the hole of a yoke to hold the cord preventing from an ox disengaging itself from the yoke.

to cease to exist; to die.

to pass - a) to go or move forward, through or out; b) to spend (one's time, days, life etc.).

to slip by; to elapse; to pass (as time).

to avoid happening; to fend off.

to drive out or away.

to go beyond (one's capacity, power, etc.); to become impossible.

to deduct; to subtract.

unquietness of the mind from agitation or confusion.

the most formidable, wrathful form of Mother-Goddess Pārvati, representing the destructive aspect of mother-nature.

a woman of black complexion.

a dreadful woman.

a minor goddess, fond of blood.

the colour of coal or pitch; black colour.

the period of actual darkness after sunset and before sunrise; night.

blame; censure.

one of the seven tongues of fire.

a black or darkish kind of coral.

ಕಾಳಿಯನ್ನು ಬೋಳಿ ಮಾಡು, ಬೋಳಿಯನ್ನು ಕಾಳಿ ಮಾಡು kāḷīyannu bōḷi māḍu, boḷīyannu kāḷī māḍu (informal use) to manage by unfair, dexterous contrivance or influence; to manipulate unfairly.

insulting speech; abuse; rebuke.

= ಘಳೆ.