in addition; as well; besides.

certainly; surely.

otherwise; in another manner; differently.

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

= ಮಾಡು.

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.

= 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.

= ಮಣಿಯ.

a boy.

a young unmarried man, who is studying.

a male student.

a boy who serves customer in a restaurant.

a religious function, held just before sending student to the residence of the teacher for learning, in which he is initiated with the hymn of light (the Gāyatri hymn) by his father and invested with the sacred thread; (now that religious function only).

a girl or young woman.

the male organ through which urine, semen is ejected; the penis.

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.

a cord made by interweaving thin leather straps.

a strong, thick line or cord, commonly, one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax or the like or thin swires; a rope.

a flat, long leather strap used to bind around the waist of an elephant or horse.

a metal chain.

a narrow leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit in the mouth of a horse, by which the rider controls it; reins.

a arch.tax levied on leather straps and cords.

the large plant Colocasia esculenta ( = C. antiquorum, = Arum colocasia) of Araceae family.

a structure of a literary work constructed by interweaving different thoughts, sentiments, etc.

the act of bathing.

= ಮೇಣು.

a plastic, dull-yellow substance secreted by bees for building cells; bees-wax.

a kind of adhesive paste prepared using the flour of some corns.

any of various solid or semisolid, viscous, yellowish or brownish organic substances exuded from various plants and trees, that is used as or in preparing adhesives; gum.

Manmatha, the Love-God.

compelling or strong love; passion.

the dark brown bird Acridotheres tristis of Sturnidae family, with yellow beak, black head, short, white bordered black tail, yellow legs; common myna.

ಮೇಣದ ಬಟ್ಟೆ mēṇada baṭṭe = ಮೇಣಗಪ್ಪಟ; ಮೇಣದ ಬತ್ತಿ mēṇada batti a long, usu. slender piece of wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light; a candle.

= ಮೇನೆ.

= ಮೇಟಿ.

= ಮೇನೆ.

the length of the arm from the end of the middle finger to the elbow, used as a unit of linear measure.

the joint uniting the forearm with the upper arm; the elbow.

the joint of the thigh or femur with the lower leg; the knee.

a dried fruit.

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