the large-sized, evergreen tree Lophopetalum wightianum of Celastraceae family, with soft wood, which is used for making match sticks, match boxes, etc.

a dilapidated, broken down, neglected or desolated house.

= ಪಾಳುಮನೆ.

a little house of the crudest kind with a thatched roof; a hut.

= ಪುಲುಮನೆ.

a room where women in her menstrual period would live (for three days).

a room where a woman who has recently delivered a child, is nursed.