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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.