the act of treading, stepping or walking on.

any of various foot coverings, as shoes, boots, slippers, etc.

the length of one's foot (as a unit of linear measure).

the manner or mode of placing steps rhythmically in dancing.

a flight of steps.

a place or region.

the trodden path; a way.

an ornamental (silver) ring worn by women on their toe.

a piece of furniture having three or four legs, without back or arms, usu.to stand on while winnowing grain on the thresh-floor.

the fret of a vīṇe, a stringed musical instrument.

(dance.) a particular kind of rythmic and measured movement of hands, legs, and head.

to walk on foot.

to place the foot on; to step on.

to wear foot-coverings as shoes, boots, slippers, etc.

to set in something into; to inlay.

to implant a plant as in transplanting.

(animals) to have sexual intercouse.

to press hard on the floor or an hard object.

(an evil spirit) to possess (a person).

to be written.

to put the steps rhythmically (in dancing).

to charm; to fascinate; to bring (another) under spell.

to destroy, ruin completely.

ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳು meṭṭikoḷḷu (an evil spirit) to take a person under control; to possess; ಮೆಟ್ಟಿನಿಲ್ಲು meṭṭi nillu to overcome; to stand above others (in merit); ಮೆಟ್ಟಿ ಬೀಳು meṭṭi bīḷu to feel amazement; to wonder; to be wonder-stuck; ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಕ್ಕು meṭṭikku to ruin, eradicate completely.

a dam constructed across a river for storing and diverting water for irrigational purpose.

a small opening made on the side of a channel through which water is drawn to a field.

an agricultural land given as a gift to a temple.

a food offered to a deity.

the leavings in a dining plate, in which someone has taken the food.

a religious institution usu. headed by a monk.

a place or institution for teaching and learning; a school.

a religious institution usu. headed by a monk.

a place or institution for taching and learning; a school.

the back part of the human foot; the heel.

the structure of a chariot.

the fleshy part on the back of the shank.

a multi-storeyed building.

a house.

any of the storeys above the ground floor; upstairs.

the end of the slanting rMof of a house.

the roof of a house in gen.

the frame of the door at the entrance of a building, to which door panels are attached.

a little house of the plainest or crudest kind with a thatched roof.

a portable structure for carrying a corpse in sitting position.

= ಮಾಡ1.

a recess or hollow in a wall, for keeping small things; a niche.

a hole; a cavity.

one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.; a cave.

that which is done, acomplished; a work done.

the act or process of constructing; construction.

the way in which something is constructed; manner or method of building.

the character of a woven fabric as determined by the arrangement, size, quality, etc. of the fabric's threads; texture.

the shape, outline or configuration of anything; structure as apart from color, material, etc.; the form.

loveliness; beauty.

the act or process of decorating; decoration.

behaviour of a woman intended to excite admiration or love in men merely for the sake of vanity or mischief; flirtation; coquetry.

the quality or fact of each of the constitute elements or parts being proportional to each other and to the whole.

a way, manner in which some thing is, is to be etc.

accepted or habitual practice.

the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; magic.

that which is made by human beings, as diff. from the natural one; an artificial thing.

a magic used for evil purposes; witchcraft; sorcery; black magic.

ಮಾಟ ಮಾಡಿಸು māṭa māḍisu to get witchcraft, sorcery used for evil purposes; ಮಾಟ ಮಾಡು māṭa māḍu to use witchcraft, sorcery for evil purpose.

the building which a monk lives in; a monastery.

a religious institution engaged in the propogation of education, religion, etc.

an institution incepted in memory of a great person, engaged in social service or development.

a place where food is provided gratis for travellers, esp. pilgrims.

a building for the worship of a divinity or divinities.

the place where a person or thing is ordinarily found; ಮಠಕ್ಕೆ ಮಣ್ಣು ಹೊರು (ಹಾಕು) maṭhakke maṇṇu horu (hāku) (sarc.) to go to a school.

a thick growth of low, woody plants with several permanent stems instead of a single trunk, growing together; a bush; a shrub.

lose and dusty soil; mud.

a kind of clay used to make sectarian marks with.

a raised ground or small hill; a hillock.

a kind of soft, red soil used for preparing a wrestling ground.

the grass Saccharum sara ( = S. munja) of Poaceae family.

to give a blow; to prod or poke; to knock with the first or the back of the finger; to punch.

the fibrous coat of a cocoanut.

a brush for white washing made of the fibrous coat of a coconut.

a bough of the palm, cocoanut or date tree.

the cocoanut tree itself.

well-ripe cocoanut.

the plant Strobilanthes integrifolius of Acanthaceae family.

= ಮಟ್ಯ.

an implement used to level the ploughed field (?).

something bundled in a sack-like container made of hay, fibre, cloth, etc.

a large jute bag, filled with something and the mouth closed either by tying or sewing.

a small package or parcel.

a cylindrical pillow for leaning on.

a particular measure.

packed food (carried by travellers).

= ಮಟ್ಟ1.