noun
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a small quantity of food, taken in hand for eating.
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a morsel of food put into another's hand.
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(fig.) help, sustenance, (esp. in respect of food), received in the early stages of one's life from another.
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ಕೈತುತ್ತು ತಿಂದು ಬೆಳೆದಿರು kai tuttu tindu beḷediru to have been fostered or helped by another (esp. by a woman) in the early stages of one'slife.