the hair that a man has let grow out on his upper lip; moustache.

ಮೀಸೆ ಬೋಳಿಸು mīse bōḷisu to shave one's moustache accepting one's defeat; ಮೀಸೆ ಮಣ್ಣಾಗು mīsi maṇṇāgu to be dishonoured, humiliated; ಮೀಸೆ ಇಳಿಬಿಡು mīse iḷibiḍu to become humble; to lose one's courage, vigour;ಮೀಸೆ ತಿಕ್ಕು mīse tikku to trim one's moustache; ಮೀಸೆ ತಿರುವು mīse tiruvu = ಮೀಸೆ ತಿರುಗಿಸು; ಮೀಸೆ ಹುರಿಮಾಡು mīse hurimāḍu = ಮೀಸೆ ತಿರುಗಿಸು; ಅಂಬಲಿ ಕುಡಿಯುವವನಿಗೆ ಮೀಸೆ ತಿಕ್ಕುವವನೊಬ್ಬ; ambali kuḍiyuvavanige mīsi tikkuvavanobba (prov.) he, who begs for his food, needs a train of assistants (to show is no inferior); ಮೀಸೆ ತಿರುಗಿಸು mīse tirugisu to turn and twist the either terminals of the moustache in anger or arrogance; ಮೀಸೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೈ ಹಾಕು mīseya mēle kai hāku = ಮೀಸೆ ತಿರುಗಿಸು.

= ಮಸಿ 6 & 7.

the profession of a writer, clerk.

a piece of charcoal.

= ಮಸಿ.

intense anger; wrath; ire.

black colour.

a piece of charcoal.

blackness caused by dark smoke.

any medicated preparation for the eyes; collyrium.

a line, dot or mark made with a piece of charcoal.

a coloured liquid used for writing, drawing, etc.; ink.

fine soot produced by the incomplete combustion of oils and other forms of carbon: used as a pigment in paint, ink, etc.; lamp-black.

a blackish mixture of sulfur, potassium nitrate, and charcoal, used as a charge in cartridges; gun-powder.

anything that is besmirched with smut, charcoal or any other black dirt.

ಮಸಿ ನುಂಗಿಹೋಗು masi nungi hōgu (fig.) to be spoiled completely; ಮಸಿ ಹಚ್ಚು masi haccu = ಮಸಿಬಳಿ; ಮಸಿಯೂಟ masiyūṭa a feast arranged for the bride's relative in the house of the bridegroom; ಮಸಿಯುರುಳೆ masiyuruḷe a roller that spreads ink evenly on a printing plate, in a printing machine; ಮಸಿಯಿಡು masiyiḍu = ಮಸಿಬಳಿ; 2. to besmirch with black smoke; ಮಸಿಯಾಗು masiyāgu to be besmirched with black smoke (said of vessels). 2. to be charred from burning completely; ಮಸಿಯ ಗುಳ್ಳೆ masiya guḷḷe = ಮಸಿಯ ಕುಡಿಕೆ; ಮಸಿಬಳಿ masi baḷi (fig.) to bring dishonour to; to tarnish; to sully; ಮಸಿಯ ಕುಡಿಕೆ masiya kuḍike a small container for ink.

to brighten by or as by rubbing; to polish.

to make sharp or sharper; to sharpen.

to struggle to establish one's superiority, excellence over another; to vie.

to become intense or more intense.

to dislike intensely; to hate.

to destroy or demolish.

keenness, sharpness (of a cutting weapon).

brightness; radiance;lustre.

wild or frantic outburst of feeling or action; the state of violent mental agitation; frenzy.

intense dislike; hatred.

a superficial wound.

the tree Alseodaphane semicarpifolia of Lauraceae family.

the tree Sterculia villosa of Sterculiaceae family.

the bean plant Phaseolus aureus ( = P. radiatus) of Papilionaceae family.

its edible pulse.

a particular weight, equal to 1.2 grm. (used in weighment of gold).

an annual pulse plant , Phaseolus mungo of Papilionaceae family.

its black seedpod; black gram.

= ಮಾಷ 1, 2, 3 & 4.