= ಹೇವಯಿಸು.

a strong desire.

something that one likes to do as a favourite pastime or avocation (not as a profession).

a feeling of inentness or curiosity about something.

a repeated mental or physical action by which one acquires familiarity, easiness and proficiency in doing the same thing.

pursuing as a hobby (as diff. from a profession or occupation).

a person who follows something (as an art or science) only out of curiosity, intentness or interest or for pleasure(rather than as a profession or occupation); an amateur.

to dislike intensely; to abhor; to detest.