a man who has begotten a child; the male parent; father.
a mode of addressing one's father.
a suffix to male names.
a mode of addressing any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
a term of endearment in addressing boys.
a man or a thing, greater, bigger or more harmful, than the other; the daddy of all.
ಅಪ್ಪಅಮ್ಮಅನ್ನು appa amma annu to beseech humbly; ಅಪ್ಪಅಮ್ಮನಜಗಳದಲ್ಲಿಕೂಸುಬಡವಾಯಿತು appa ammana jagaḷadalli kūsu baḍavāyitu (prov.) when two bigs fight, it is the vulnerable that suffers; ಅಪ್ಪನ್ನಅಪ್ಪಅನ್ನದವಚಿಕ್ಕಪ್ಪನ್ನಅಪ್ಪಅಂದಾನೆ? appanna appa annadava cikkappanna appa andāne (prov.) does one, who does not respect his own father, respect any another person? ಅಪ್ಪಕಟ್ಟಿಸಿದಬಾವಿಯೆಂದುಉಪ್ಪುನೀರನ್ನುಕುಡಿ appa kaṭṭisida bāviyendu uppunīrannu kuḍi (prov.) = ಅಪ್ಪಹಾಕಿದಆಲಮರಅಂತನೇಣುಹಾಕಿಕೊ; ಅಪ್ಪಹಾಕಿದಆಲದಮರ appahākida āladamara (fig.) unquestioned belief, profession or sentiment that has been handed over from a father to his son; ಅಪ್ಪಹಾಕಿದಆಲಮರಅಂತನೇಣುಹಾಕಿಕೊ appahākida āladamara anta nēṇu hākiko (prov.) to cling to the tradition despite it being foolish, unprofitable or not advantageous; a man may love his house, yet not ride on the ridge; ಅಪ್ಪಸತ್ತುಆರುತಿಂಗಳಿಗೆಬಂದುಹುಚ್ಚುಮಾವಕೊರಳುಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡುಅತ್ತ appa sattu āru tiŋgaḷige bandu, huccumāva koraḷukaṭṭikondu atta (prov.) to show sympathy hypocritically; or in a stupid manner.
ಅಪ್ಪ
♪ appa
noun
a small round sweet cake made of rice flour, coconut, jaggery, etc. and fried in ghee or oil.
a swollen part of the body;
ಅಪ್ಪತಿಂದರೆಸಾಲದೆಕಾವಲಿಛಿದ್ರಏಕೆ? appa tindare sālade, kāvali chidra ēke (prov.) no matter what the vessel is, the wine must be good.
ಅಪ್ಪ
♪ appa
interjection
an interjection to express astonishment, pain or fatigue.
ಅಪ
♪ apa
noun
a suffix to the names of men, adding meaning respectfully 'father' 'respectful man' etc.
ಆಪ
♪ āpa
noun
the colourless, transparent liquid occurring on earth as rivers, lakes, oceans, etc., and falling from the clouds as rain; water.
ಅಪ್ಪು
♪ appu
verb
to clasp in the arms, usually as an expression of affection or desire; to hug; to embrace.
to come to pass; to happen; to occur; to befall.
to put on; to wear.
to accept readily (a new religion, philosophy, view point etc.); to avail oneself of.
ಅಪ್ಪು
♪ appu
noun
the act of embracing; an embrace; affectionate clasping.
a kind of reed, Typha anguistifolia of Typhaceae family.
the reed Typha angustata of the same family; elephant grass; reed mace.
ಆಪು
♪ āpu
noun
a piece of hard material, esp. of wood, tapering from a thick back to a thin edge that can be driven or forced into a narrow opening, as to split wood; a wedge.
ಆಪು
♪ āpu
verb
to be able to.
ಆಪು
♪ āpu
noun
bravery; prowess; valour; might.
the quality of being intense; esp. a) extreme degree of anything; b) great energy or vehemence of emotion, thought or activity; intensity; impetuousness.
the quality or habit of being kind; kindness.
ಆಪೆ1
♪ āpe
noun
a long-handled, cuplike spoon, made using coconut shell, for dipping out liquids; a ladle.