unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving; stubborn.

not keen; not sharp; blunt.

hard or difficult to manage.

low or relatively low in height; not tall; short.

the main stem of a tree, with all branches cut off.

a human body with head severed.

the head (of a human being).

a piece separated from a whole by cutting.

the height of a normal man, taken as a unit of measurement (of depth or height).

a wooden pillar.

that which is shorter in height than it should have been or than the normal ones of its kind.

a weapon that whose blade is blunt.

a physically handicapped man.

the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness; obstinacy.

(fig.) the state of being weakened or impaired of the force, keenness or susceptibility; bluntness.

the element, part, substance or process (in a human or other conscious being) that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.; the mind.

the totality of all the mental activities and powers.

a wish or desire.

the result of thinking process; a mental form or picture; imagination, feeling or opinion.

an intention, purpose or aim.

a feeling of intentness, concern; interest.

ಮನಕ್ಕೆ ತರು manakke taru to bring to (another's) notice; to cause to notice or observe; ಮನದ ಮಂಡಿಗೆ manada maṇḍige (fig.) an unrealisable, impractical wish; ಮನದರಸಿ manadarasi (a man's) beloved woman; ಮನದೆಗೊಳಿಸು manadegoḷisu to be of interest to; to be liked; ಮನಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು manakke baru to come to one's notice; 2. to be of interest to.

respectful honour; favourable regard.

proper respect for oneself; the sense of one's own dignity or worth; self-respect; pride.

a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit or superiority; pride.

an opinion formed based on one's judgement, which may or may not be absolute certainty.

the act of measuring (using a standard unit).

a unit of measure (equal to four Soliges).

a particular measure of land.

a unit of time or a period of time of particular duration.

a container of standard capacity for measuring; a measure.

the act of considering; a taking into consideration.

a receiving or treating of others warmly and generously; hospitability.

the external organ of reproduction.

personal behavior; the way of acting; bearing or deportment; conduct.

a residential building.

(jain.) mental aberration; mental illness or derangement.

(jain.) a kind of karma, that acts as an impediment in the way of perfecting one's conduct.

(archit.) the measurement of height or length.

ಮಾನ ಕೊಡು māna koḍu to give respect; to regard with esteem; ಮಾನ ಉಳಿಸು māna uḷisu to protect (another's) honour, esteem; ಮಾನ ಕಾಯು māna kāyu = ಮಾನ ಉಳಿಸು; ಮಾನಾಪಹಾನಿ mānāpahāni loss of honour; humiliation; ಮಾನ ಮರ್ಯಾದೆ māna maryāde respectful regard;ಮಾನ ತೆಗೆ māna tege to deprive of honour; to disgrace.

a raised land; an extent of land higher than adjacent land.

a lump of mud.

any round or spherical, object; a ball.

a primitive instrument for throwing stones, etc., consisting of a piece of leather tied to cords that are whirled by hand for releasing the missile; a catapult.

a stone piece or anything thrown by this.

the bud of a flower.

= ಮೀನು1.

= ಮೀನು2.

an endowent of land or village to a person, as a mark of recognition, which is exempt from paying tax.

a kind of grass.

an esteemed, respectable man.

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

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).

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.

either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman; the breast; ಮಣ್ಣಿ ಉಣಿಸು maṇṇi uṇisu to feed (a baby) milk from the breast; to suckle; to breast-feed.

a unit of measurement.

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

a prosodic verse, in praise of a deity or expounding a cosmic truth, esp. in a symbolic manner; a hymn.

(myth.) the father of mankind; the man par excellence.

any of the fourteen sons of Brahma, the Creator of the universe, who are considered as forefathers of mankind.

(math.) a symbol for the number fourteen.

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.

= ಮಾಡು.

= ಮೀನು2.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit; a pair.

(astron.) a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries; the Pisces.

the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the Pisces.

ಮೀನ ಮೇಷ mīna meśsha the state of hesitancy; hesitation or indecision; ಮೀನ ಮೇಷ ಎಣಿಸು mīna meśsha eṇisu to pause in or postpone acting, choosing or deciding something, etc. because of indecision or of being unsure.