to pass the tongue smoothly over; to lick.

(fig.) to touch.

to consume; to eat up; to devour.

= ನಖ - 4.

a snake or serpent.

any of several genera (esp. Naja) of very poisonous elapine snakes, having around the neck loose skin which is expanded into a hood when the snake is excited; a cobra.

(myth.) the descendents of the sage Kaśyapa and Kadru; the lineage of serpents.

an elephant.

a cloud.

a prominent man or leader of a group of people.

one of the minor winds in the body that causes belching, vomiting, etc.

lead, the heavy, soft, malleable, bluish-grey metal.

the tree Mallotus philippensis (= Rottlera tinctoria) of Euphorbiaceae family.

the large-sized, evergreen tree Mesua ferrea of Guttiferae family.

fire.

absence of light; darkness.

water.

the large, spiral, univalve shell of any of various marine mollusks; conch.

a species of large marine fish; a shark.

a cruel, ruthless fellow.

a peg driven into a wall or pillar for hanging a lamp or other articles.

the idol of a serpent carved in stone.

a branch of Mongolian race, mostly inhabiting in north-eastern regions of India; Nagas.

the tenth karaṇa or astronomical period.

(pros.) a verse of four lines, having a group consisting of two long syllablic instants followed by one short one followed by a long and a short syllable in first and third lines, and a group consisting of two long syllabic instants followed by one short one followed by a long syllable.

a symbol for the number eight.

a symbol for the number seven.

the place or region of gods, where the virtuous people settle after their death.

the space surrounding or seeming to overarch the earth, in which the sun, moon, and stars appear; the visible sky.

the earth.

the gaseous envelop surrounding the earth; atmosphere.

(pros.) a group consisting of three short syllabic instants ( uuu ); tribrach.

the thin, horny substance growing out at the ends of the fingers and toes of people, monkeys, etc. a nail.

a similar growth on the toes of a bird or animal; claw.

that which does not move, as a mountain or tree.

(arith.) the symbol for the number seven.

a large number having twenty seven digits.

an accessory, article or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part; an ornament; an embellishment.

a bundle of commodities of similar kind.

a large ocean-going vessel propelled by usu. engines; a ship.

a thin, horny plate, consisting of modified epidermis, growing on the upper side of the end of a finger or toe; a nail.

a sharp, usu. curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog or bird; a claw.

the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse; a hoof.

a kind of perfume.

a kind of plant (Unguis odoratus ?).

(arith.) a symbol for the number twenty.

ನಖ ಬಣ್ಣವ ಕಾಣು nakha baṇṇava kāṇu (a girl) to have menstrual period; to undergo menstruation; ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಪ್ರೀತಿ nakha māmsa prīti a very close, intimate association; ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ nakha māmsa sthiti = ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಪ್ರೀತಿ.

the act or sound of laughing; an instance of laughing; laugh; laughter.

the act or an instance of smiling.

light-heartedness; cheerfulness; happiness.

a deriding or being derided; contempt; ridicule; derision.

the act of a flower blooming.

to express mirth, pleasure, derision or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usu. accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements; to laugh.

to have or take on a facial expression showing usu. pleasure, amusement, affection, friendliness, etc.; to smile.

to be light-hearted, cheerful, happy.

to make fun of; to deride; to ridicule; to laugh at.

(a flower) to blow up; to expand.

= ನಕ್ಕೆಚಿಕ್ಕನಾಕು.

the soil carried away by ants in digging their underground nest, heaped in a mound around its entrance, in which usu. snakes live; an ant-hill.

= ನಗು2.

ನಗೆಗೀಡಾಗು nagegīḍāgu to become an object of ridicule; ನಗೆಗೆಡೆ nagegeḍe a thing ridiculed or fit to be ridiculed; ನಗೆಗೆಡೆಮಾಡು nagegeḍe māḍu to cause (a person, thing, action, etc.) to become ridiculous; ನಗೆಗೆಡೆಯಾಗು nagegeḍeyāgu = ನಗೆಗೀಡಾಗು.

a ring of wire with a nail-like projection worn on the fingers for plucking the strings of musical instruments; a plectrum.

the cardinal number four; 4.

amounting to four in number.

(in comp.) not many; a small number of; few.

a person in the heaven; a deity; a god.

a kind of perfume.

a positive assurance; guarantee.