of low or no value, status, importance, etc.

eaten or infected by worms.

anything eaten or infected by worms; that which is putrid or rotten.

the condition of such a thing.

meanness; baseness; mean-mentality; pettiness; narrow-mindedness.

a swollen, inflamed area in body tissues, in which pus is gathered; a part of the body that is infected.

a fault; a defect; a blemish; a flaw.

the deliberate breaking of faith; betrayal of trust; treachery; perfidy.

the physical body of a person or animal (diff. from the life principle).

= ಹಳುಗು1.

(hist.) a unit of capacity (esp. for measuring oils).

(rightly, ಹಲಗೆ) a long, broad, thick wooden board.

the board on which chess or dice-game is played.

one round of play any of these games.

a board made ready for painting on.

a kind of defensive shield.

a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow hemisphere with a wide mouth on which a membrane stretched tightly, played by beating with the sticks; a kind of drum.

the state or face of being sagging, drooping or sinking own.

the act or retreating or withdrawing from fear, diffidence, etc.

an extent of land irrigated by artificial means as channels; irrigated land.

= ಹಳ್ಳಿಕಾರ - 1.

(fig.) an unsophisticated man.

a slow-witted fellow.