that which is to be copied or followed; a standard or model.

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

a building where a person or family normally lives; a house.

a space enclosed by walls, within a house, separating it from other portions (as ಅಡುಗೆಮನೆ, ಊಟದ ಮನೆ, etc.).

the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; lineage.

parents and their children, considered as a group; lineage.

any of several, usu. square figure drawn, painted, etc. to play on (as in chess, dice-game, kuṇṭebille, caukābāra, etc.).

any of several keys of a musical instrument (as piano, harmonium, etc.).

any of musical notes in C-major, taken as a tonic note or base for singing or playing.

ಮನೆ ಪಾಲಾಗು mane pālāgu (a house) to be disintegrated; the property (as house, land, cash, etc.) to be divided amongst children (or co-heirs); ಮನೆ ಮಾಡು mane māḍu to build a house; 2. to settle (oneself) at a place; 3. to take a house for rent; 4. (an impression, feeling, etc.) to make a long-lasting dent or impression on the mind; ಮನೆ ಮಾರು mane māru (pl.) a house and household things; ಮನೆ ಮುರಿ mane muri to ruin a family; ಮನೆ ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವಾಗು mane kurukśetravāgu (a house) to become a place for quarrel (amongst its family members); ಮನೆ ತೊಳೆ mane toḷe to destress very much or ruin a family; ಮನೆ ಚೊಕ್ಕಟ ಮಾಡು mane cokkaṭa māḍu = ಮನೆ ತೊಳೆ; ಮನೆಗೆ ಮಾರಿ ಊರಿಗೆ (ಪರರಿಗೆ) ಉಪಕಾರಿ manege māri, ūrige(pararige) upakāri (prov.) (said of a person who helps others, but not one's own family) it is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays eggs in another's; ಮನೆ ರಣರಂಗವಾಗು mane raṇa rangavāgu = ಮನೆ ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವಾಗು; ಮನೆ ಹಿಡಿ mane hiḍi to stay within the house (without going out); 2. to take a house for rent; ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಮನೆ koṭṭa mane (said of a woman) one's husbands house; ಮನೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿನೋಡು, ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಿನೋಡು mane kaṭṭi nōḍu, maduve māḍi nōḍu the difficulty of marrying one's daughter or building a house, can be understood only by one's own experience; ಮನೆ ಒಡೆ mane oḍe to disintegrate the members of a family; to ruin a family; ಮನೆಯಳಿಯ maneyaḷiya a man who permanently stays in his wife's parents' house; ಮನೆಯಳಿಯತನ maneyaḷiyatana the fact of a man permanently staying in his wife's parents' house; 2. a system prevalent in some parts, that the man to whom one's daughter is given in marriage, stays in the family of his wife; ಮನೆಯಾಕೆ maneyāke the mistress of a house; 2. a woman as related to a man whom she has married to; ಸೇರಿದ ಮನೆ sērida mane ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಮನೆ ಮನೆಯವರು maneyaru a man as related to his wife; a husband.

a room in a house, public inn, hotel, temple, etc where food is cooked; a kitchen.

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.

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.

to stop; to desist from (making, acting, doing, etc.).

to be stopped; to cease.

to be quiet, inactive.

to make late; to slow up; to delay.

to be prevented, stopped from happening or from continuing to be happening, etc.

(a disease, wound, etc.) to be cured; to be healed.

to allow concession in the payment (as of tax).

to be lost, missed.

to move or go quietly, cautiously or unobtrusively; to slip out.

to fail in fulfilling one's promise, vow, etc.

to lose brightness, lustre; to become dull.

to shine well; to look dazzling.

to bring under control; to subdue; to subjugate.

to make an exception of; to exclude; to except.

= 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.