the top part of the skull or head; the crown.

the top part of the body in humans, the apes, etc.; the head.

the part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins.

the upper part or portion of anything.

the crest or summit of a hill or mountain ending in a point; a peak.

ನೆತ್ತಿಕಣ್ಣಾಗು netti kaṇṇāgu to become very haughty or overbearing; to behave insolently; ನೆತ್ತಿಗೇರು nettigēru = ನೆತ್ತಿಹತ್ತು; ನೆತ್ತಿಬೀಳು nettibīḷu (the tender crown of children) to dip a little; ನೆತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊರು nettiyalli horu (fig.) to undertake very sincerely, religiously and humbly, a work as directed, instructed by another.

(a term used to mean negation) that which is not; that which is absent; ನೇತಿ ಮಾಡು nēti māḍu = ನೇತಿಗಳೆ - 1.

that which is perceived through the auditory nerves; the auditory sensation; sound.

any auditory effect that is distinctive or characteristic of its source as a musical note, human voice, etc.

(phil.) one of the modes of manifestation or a state of the Supreme.

(myth.) one of the hells.

an excessive interest in or enthusiasm for something; craze; monomania.

the plant Rourea santaloides of Connaraceae family; naval wort; (?).

that which is perceived through the olfactory nerves in the nasal cavity; smell; odour; scent.

a sweet smell; pleasant odour; fragrance; aroma.

a strong, unpleasant smell; stench; stink;4. a pungent, irritating smell; acridity.

ನಾತ ಬಡಿ nāta baḍi (smell, either sweet or offensive) to stimulate the olfactory nerves in the nasal cavity; to be smelt; ನಾತದ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಗಿಡ nātada soppina giḍa the lantana plant Lantana camara (var. aculeata) of Verbenaceae family, grown as a hedge-plant.

the act or an instance of making loud and confused sounds.

loud or confused shouting; any loud, discordant or disagreeable sound or sounds; noise.

a big and noisy river.

the great body of salt water; ocean.

a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, which is the source of rain water; a cloud.

bent downward or inward; stooped.

(one's head or body) bent forward in respect, worship or submission; bowed.

fallen down; sunken; shrunk; collapsed.

surrendered; yielded; succumbed.

a master; a protector; a patron; a ruler; a lord.

a man as related to a woman whom he is married to; a husband.

ನಾಥನಾದರೂ ಭೂತ ಬಿಡದು nātanādarū bhūta biḍadu (prov.) destiny never differentiates between the lord and the labour.

a thing that is bent backward, inward or downward, at one end.

a man bowed, bent in respect (before another or a deity).

the angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon; depression.

= ನತ್ತು2.

a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course and emptying into an ocean, a lake or another river; a river.

ನದೀ ದಾಟಿ ಬದೀಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದ nadī dāṭi badīli bidda (prov.) accomplished a great and very difficult thing but failed in a fairly easy one; jumped over mountains but stumbled while crossing a threshold.

a woman bowed, bent in respect (before another person or a deity).

the condition of being bent; crookedness.

a bowing in obeisance.

the angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon; depression.

= ನಾತ.

a young louse; a nit.

to mix and work (dough, clay, etc.) into a pliable mass by folding over, pressing, and squeezing.

to hit repeatedly with a hard, heavy blows or impact.

a kind of ornament for the nose; a nose-jewel.

ನತ್ತಿನವಳು nattinavaḷu a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual activity for pay; a prostitute.

connection of persons by blood, marriage, etc.; kinship; relation.

a cause that brings or motivates to bring a result.

the act, habit or an instance of stammering; impediment in one's speech.

to speak with involuntary pauses or blocks, often with rapid repetitions of syllables or initial sounds, as temporarily from excitement, embarrassment, etc. or chronically as a result of muscle spasms; to stutter; to stammer.

ನತ್ತಿ ಮಾತಾಡು natti mātāḍu = ನತ್ತು1; ನತ್ತಿ ಮಾತಾಡುವವನ ಮಾತು ಸುತ್ತಿ ತೊಳಲಿದರೆ ಪಟ್ಟು ಆದೀತೆ? natti mātāḍuvavana mātu sutti toḷalidare paṭṭu ādīte? (prov.) stammering cannot be cured by travelling widely; each defect or disease needs a specific cure.