the loose, granular, soft part of land; soil; earth.

a farming region;land.

ground considered as property; estate; land.

powdery earth fine enough to be easily suspended in air; dust.

(fig.) that which is worldly and not lasting; an short-lived thing.

ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ವಾಸನೆ maṇṇina vāsane the characteristic odour of the soil, that is raised when a light rain falls on a dry area; 2. nature of being loyal to the local qualities, reflecting local problems, concerns, views, etc. in literature and art; ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನಿಸು maṇṇu tinnisu = ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನಿಸು; ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನುವ ಕೆಲಸ maṇṇu tinnuva kelasa (fig.) a despicable, shameful deed or act; ನಾಲ್ಕು ಹಿಡಿ ಮಣ್ಣು ಹಾಕು nālku hiḍi maṇṇu hāku = ಮಣ್ಣು ಮಾಡು - 1; ಮಣ್ಣಾಗು maṇṇāgu (dust, dirt) to be smirched on; 2. to be mixed with the earth or buried under the ground; 3. to be ruined or destroyed; ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನಿಸು maṇṇige maṇṇu tinnisu (fig.) to inflict distress on; 2. (fig.) to cause to be servile; to make to behave humbly or abjectly; ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನು maṇṇige maṇṇu tinnu (fig.) to be subject to distress; to be distressed; 2. (fig.) to behave humbly or abjectly; to be servile; ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು maṇṇina makkaḷu (pl.) natives of a state or region; 2. (pl.) people earning their living by farming; farmers; ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನು maṇṇu tinnu = ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನು; ಮಣ್ಣು ಬೀಳು maṇṇu bīḷu (dust, soil,) to fall on or into; 2. (fig.) (loss, destruction, etc.) to happen; ಮಣ್ಣು ಮಸಿ maṇṇu masi a useless, worthless thing; ಮಣ್ಣು ಮುಕ್ಕಿಸು maṇṇu mukkisu = ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನಿಸು; ಮಣ್ಣು ಮುಕ್ಕು maṇṇu mukku = ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನು; ಮಣ್ಣು ಮಾಡು maṇṇu mādu to put (a dead body) into the earth; to bury; 2. to mar (a clothe, clean thing, etc.) with soil, muddy water, etc.; 3. to damage or injure in such a way as to make useless, valueless, etc.; to spoil; ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ಕಾಲು ನೀರಿಗೆ ಆಗದು, ಮರದ ಕಾಲು ಬೆಂಕಿಗೆ ಆಗದು maṇṇina kālu nīrigeāgau, marada kālu benkige āgadu (prov.) that which is good in one respect is not so in another respect; that which is good for the back is bad for the head; 2. each of the option or means has some defect or the other as to render it useless; ಮಣ್ಣು ಹೊರು maṇṇu horu (fig.) to toil; 2. (fig.) to go to a school (for learning).

a big sea-fish, Manto birostris, that grows upto 8 ft length and 15 to 16 ft. wide (when fins are opened), and has two long, pointed teeth, one each on either side of the corners of the mouth.

a bell hung in a temple or a small one used during worship.

the loose, granular, soft part of land; soil; earth.

a farming region;land.

ground considered as property; estate; land.

powdery earth fine enough to be easily suspended in air; dust.

(fig.) that which is worldly and not lasting; any short-lived thing.

a unit of mass in the erstwhile system, equal usu. to forty seers.

to bend; to turn inward or backward, from a straight line.

to bend the body in respect, worship, etc.; to bow.

to fall down, losing the bodily strength all of a sudden; to collapse.

to submit; to give way to; to succumb.

to become afraid of; to fear.

to force (something) into a curved or crooked form; to bend.

to give assent to; to agree to; to accede.

to come to the surface; to come forth into view; to emerge.

ಮಣಿದಾಡು maṇidāḍu to bow in reverence; ಮಣಿಬಲ್ಲತನ maṇi ballatana the quality of mixing freely, friendly, and perfectly with another or others.

any of the several different coloured squares on the cloth used for this game.

a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry; a gem.

a gem believed to be in the hood of a serpent.

a small, round piece of glass, wood, metal, etc. with a hole for stringing with a string; a bead.

any of several types of seeds of certain plants or beads made from certain woods, in a rosary, used in a meditative devotional exercise.

a celestial gem, supposed to yield anything that one wishes for.

the round, apparently black portion of the eye; the pupil.

any of the single bones or segments of the spinal column; a vertebra.

the dependent fleshy excrescences on a goaṭs neck.

the head or end, of the penis; glans penis.

gas emitted from the intestines through the anus; fart.

a large, earthenware, usu. used for storing grains, water, etc.

the joint or part where the hand joins with the forearm; the wrist.

anything prized for its beauty, value and perfection in its kind; a gem.

a highly valued person.

anything that one cherishes; the apple of one's eye.

= ಮಣ್ಣು.

a rectangular or square wooden plank with legs, for sitting on.

a square board with squares of two alternating colours used to play chess on or a rectangular plank having two rows of seven hollows to play usu. with tamarind seeds.

ಮಣೆಹಾಕು maṇe hāku to place a seat before another to sit on. 2. (fig.) to give undue preference, respect, to; to be favourably biased towards.