the front-hall of a temple.

a raised platform adjoining the front wall of a house.

the piece of wood forming the bottom of the front door-frame of a house; threshold.

a servant of a god; a man engaged in the service of a god.

a stupid fellow.

an utterly unyielding man in spite of appeals; an adamant man.

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

a piece of ground for growing vegetables, fruits, flowers ornamental shrubs or trees, etc.; a garden.

a stupid, doltish man; a blockhead.

an immoderately adamant man.

a wicked, depraved man.

= ತವುಡಿ.

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.

= ತಿವದಿ.

(mus.) a measure of time in music having one beat followed by varying number of counts, two units having one beat and one count each.

a particular kind of gait in dancing.

to winnow (grains) as to blow off the chaff.

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 natural outer covering of fruits or vegetables; the skin.

the outside covering of the stems and roots of trees and woody plants; the bark.

= ತೊವಟೆ.

= ತೌಡಿ.

the firm flesh covering the jaws on the inside of the mouth and surrounding the base of the teeth; the gums.

any of the side teeth in human jaw, adapted for grinding; ದವಡೆಗೆ ಬಲಿಯಾಗು davaḍege baliyāgu to be caught in a fatal condition; ದವಡೆಯ ಹಲ್ಲು davaḍeya hallu any of the twelve permanent grinding teeth, three on each side of each jaw behind the bicuspids; a molar tooth; ಸಾವಿನ ದವಡೆ sāvina davaḍe (fig.) a fatal or pernicious condition.

a long, thick piece of wood, wound on at one end with long cloth pieces, dipped in flammable oil, that burns when lit, used as a portable light, on religious occasions, etc.

= ದೀವಟಿಗೆ.