noun
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the depression in the center of the surface of the abdomen indicating the point of attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo; the navel.
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the centre of a circle or the central region oof anything.
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the inner portion, region.
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a sign added to some consonants in Kannaḍa to represent the aspirated form.
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the hub of a wheel.
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(fig.) a hollow, muscular organ of female mammals in which the ovum is deposited and the embryo and fetus are developed; the womb.
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ಪೊಕ್ಕುಳ ಸುೞಿ pokkuḷa sułi = ಪೊಕ್ಕಳು - 1 & 4; ಪೊಕ್ಕುಳ ಬಳ್ಳಿ pokkuḷa baḷḷi the umbellical cord of a faetus through which food is supplied from its mother; 2. the typical relation a mother has with her children; 3. the offspring as emotionally related to its mother; ಪೊಕ್ಕುಳ ಪುರಿ pokkuḷa puri = ಪೊಕ್ಕುಳ ಬಳ್ಳಿ; ಪೊಕ್ಕುಳ ಕುಡಿ pokkuḷa kuḍi = ಪೊಕ್ಕುಳ ಬಳ್ಳಿ; ಪೊಕ್ಕುಳ ಪೂ pokkuḷa pū (myth.) the flower that come out from the navel of Viṣṇu.