the pure silk textured border of a sīre (sari, the long, unsewn cloth worn by women).

a large, mounted piece of artillery for firing heavy projectiles; a cannon.

a large tract of land surrounded by water on all sides, and not large enough to be called a continent; an island.

an exiling of a person from the main land sending to an island, a punishment awarded in the days of British rule.

the musical voice or sound.

a note of comment or reference at the bottom of a page.

= ಟೇಪು.

the musical voice or sound.

a strong, narrow, woven strip of cotton, linen, etc. used to bind seams in garments, tie bundles, etc.; a tape.

a strip of cloth stretched between posts above the finishing line of a race.

a tape with marks in inches, feet, centimetres, meters, etc. for measuring: a measuring tape.

a thin plastic ribbon coated with a suspension of ferro-magnetic iron oxide particles, used as a storage medium for magnetic recording; a magnetic tape.

tape with a sticky substance on one side, variously used, as for holding bandages in place; an adhesive tape.

= ಟೈಪು.

a type - a) a rectangular piece of metal with a raised letter, figure, etc. in reverse on its upper end, used in printing on paper or other material, as in a printing press or on a typewriter; b) a character or characters formed electronically and produced by a computer printer.

a symbol, token, sign etc.

a kind, class, etc. that is particular to a person, animal or thing.

ಟೈಪು ಮಾಡು type māḍu to write with a typewriter or computer; to type.