to swallow; to eat (something) gluttonously.

(fig.) to swindle or misappropriate another's or other's money, property.

(fig.) to destroy completely.

= ನಾಣು.

a washing of the body in water; bath.

the state of knowing; acquaintance with facts; knowledge; learnedness.

a learned man.

the climber Asparagus racemosus of Liliaceae family.

the embarrassment, shyness, bashfulness, diffidence that a woman sometimes feel in the presence of a man or men.

the quality or state of being modest; humble behaviour; modesty.

the organ of generation (of a man or woman).

any of various mixtures of solid or semisolid triglycerides, that are soluble in organic solvents, found in adipose animal tissue; fat.

potential forces; inherent power; capacity for vigorous action.

(fig.) insolence; haughtiness; arrogance.

= ನೇಣು1.

= ನೇಣು2.

a large stout cord of strands of fibres twisted or braided together; a rope.

a long slender flexible material usu. consisting of several strands (as of thread or yarn) woven or twisted together; a cord.

a loop formed in a rope, cord, etc. by means of a slipknot so that the loop tightens as the rope is pulled; a noose.

(fig.) a sacrificial thread worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm, invested with at the time of initiation of a boy into studentship.

ನೇಣ ಜಂತ್ರ nēṇa jantra a puppet played a person with strings.

the small-sized tree Xeromphis spinosa (= Gardenia floribunda, = Randia dumetorum) of Rubiaceae family.

a medium-sized, grey-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world, feeding on garbage, manure and food; a housefly.

the tree Morinda citrifolia of Rubiaceae family; turmeric timber tree.

its edible fruit.