a large number of persons, things, animals, etc. gathered together at a place; a crowd.

a bundle of grass or hay.

the bottom portion of the main stem of a tree.

the identifiable origin of a family or race.

the condition of being entangled, caught in a difficult situation.

a mass of earth that sticks to the share of an agricultural implement while weeding.

a low-level bund separating the seed-pots in an agricultural farm.

the plant Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, a variety of gooseberry, of Myrtaceae family; hill goose berry.

= ತವುಟಿ.

(hist.) a particular kind of tax.

the broken outer coat or husk, of grains of rice, wheat, etc. separated from the flour after grinding, as by sifting; bran.

powdered material (fine enough to be easily suspended in air); dust.

the outer chaff of grains (as paddy separated by pounding) or skin of fruits.

(fig.) a useless thing.

ತವುಡುಕುಟ್ಟು tavuḍu kuṭṭu (fig.) to do a useless job persistently.

= ತವುಡಿ.

a bead of lotus or the one made of tuḷasī wood, etc.

a wandering or travelling.

tiredness; fatigue.

to sharpen by rubbing or grinding; to hone; to whet.

to rub on; to apply an unguent, ointment or oily liquid to; to anoint.

to represent pictorially; to sketch; to delineate.

to move the palm over another's head, body, etc. as in showing affection, mitigating pain, distress, etc.

to compress or squeeze.

to strike; to beat; to thrash.

to put out a lamp, fire, etc.; to extinguish; to quench.

to be moved by; to feel.

to write on a model alphabet to improve or master writing.

to set right by correcting mistakes; to rectify.

to cause to happen.

to be sent out (as rays of light); to be emitted.

to wish or desire.

to rub as to cause friction.

the broken outer coat or husk, of grains of rice, wheat, etc. separated from the flour after grinding, as by sifting; bran.

powdered material (fine enough to be easily suspended in air); dust.

the outer chaff of grains (as paddy separated by pounding) or skin of fruits.

(fig.) a useless thing.