having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length; thin.

thin or slight (as to look light and graceful); slender.

small in size, amount, extent, etc.; small; meagre.

the whole physical structure of a human being or animal; the body.

the soft and flexible external covering or integument of an animal body; skin; ತನು ಮಾಡು tanu māḍu to cause to become thin, slender.

= ತಾನ್.

a flexible strip of wood or metal, with both ends tied tightly with a chord, used to shoot arrows from; a bow.

a linear measure of four cubits.

(astrol.) the ninth sign of the zodiac entered by the sun about November 21; Sagittarius.

a large Southern constellation in the brightest part of the Milky way, beyond which lies the centre of our galaxy; the archer constellation; Sagittarius.

= ದಾನಿ2.

a role of cloth measuring totally forty yards.

farm animals collectively; cattle; livestock.

any one of them.

an amount of worldly possessions, esp. money or valued property; wealth.

ದನದ ಮೈಲಿ dadnada maili a contagious disease affecting the udders of cattle, the virus contained in which is used to inoculated to people immunising against smallpox;

ದನ ಕಾಯಿ dana kāyi to take the cattle out for grazing; 2. (used scornfully) 'you are good for nothing' or 'do something that does not require the brain.

base form of the pronoun (corresponding to he, she, it in English) used in reflexive or reciprocal sense

ತಾನು ಮಾಡುವುದು ಉತ್ತಮ, ಮಗ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಮಧ್ಯಮ, ಆಳುಮಾಡುವುದು ಹಾಳು tānu māḍuvudu uttama, maga māḍuvudu madhyama,āḷu māḍuvudu hāḷu (prov.) self-done is well done; ತಾನು ಹಿಡಿದ ಮೊಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮೂರು ಕೊಂಬು tānu hiḍida molakke mūru kombu (prov.) all that one does must be right; all that he says is law; ತಾನೂ ತಿನ್ನ, ಬೇರೆಯವರಿಗೂ ಕೊಡ tānū tinna, bēreyavarigū koḍa (prov.) he neither enjoys, nor does he allow others enjoy.

= ತಾಣ.

standard pieces of gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc., stamped by government authority and used as a medium of exchange and measure of value; money.

riches; wealth.

the livestock, considered as wealth.

(Astrol.) the second house from one's birth house in the zodiac.

(math.) a plus sign; '+' 6) (astrol.) the remainder got when the area of a building site is multiplied by 2/3, which is used to foretell the luckiness or otherwise of the dwellers of the building to be constructed thereon.

the act of donating, gifting.

that which is so given.

a giving of bribery, as one of the four expedients used to weaken or defeat one's enemy.

the liquid exuded from the temples of an elephant in sexual excitement.

a thread, fibre.

the elaboration of a mode of music (rāga) in an organised and gradual manner.

(fig.) a monotonous, tiresome speech.

the state of being alone or aloof; singleness.

the quality that pleases the senses; beauty.

set apart or divided from the rest or others; performed alone; not joined, united or connected.

fully grown or developed.

that is more than normal; being to much or too great.

agreeable; pleasing; pleasant; comfortable.

new; fresh; recently made, grown or found.

free from any adulterant; pure.

to become cool or colder; to lose temperature.

to be without involving any other person; to be alone.

to grow or develop fully (as a harvested fruit).

to become plentiful, excessive; to become more or increase (oneself) in number, effect or influence.

to be or become pleasant and comfortable.

boiled rice that has become cold.

boiled rice made the previous day.

= ತಿನ್ನು.

water.

the condition of having temperature below normal; coldness; chilliness.