the active principle that burns giving out heat and light; fire.

much hotness; great warmth.

(fig.) very great mental pain; agony.

a feeling of discontent and ill will because of another's advantages, possessions, etc.; resentful dislike of another who has something that one desires; envy.

ಕಿಚ್ಚಿಗೆ ಅಂಜದವ ಬೂದಿಗೆ ಅಂಜ್ಯಾನೆ? kiccige anjadava būdige anjyāne? (prov.) it is evident that he who can face a wild tiger, will not be scared of a mouse; ಕಿಚ್ಚುಕಾಯಿಸು kiccu kāyisu to warm oneself up (usu. sitting by the side of fire); ಕಿಚ್ಚು ನುಂಗುವವ ನುಚ್ಚು ಬಿಟ್ಟಾನೇ? kiccu nunguvava nuccu biṭṭānē? (prov.) he who has eaten up a vat asks for the pipkin; ಮನೆಯೊಳಗಿನ ಕಿಚ್ಚು ಮನೆಯನ್ನೇ ಸುಡುವುದು maneyoḷagina kiccu maneyannē suḍuvudu (prov.) jealosy burns the person from within; fire in the bosom, burns one's cloth first.

a sewn cloth, tight-fitting underwear, worn as girding for the loins; an underclothing.

a hard, amorphous, brittle, usu. transparent, substance, a bad conductor of electricity, made of the oxides of silicon; glass.

a net-work of rope or metal string hung from roof-beam of the house for keeping vessels; a swinging shelf.

an eye-diseae.

hair of the head.

a bundle or knot of the hair of the head.

interwoven or matted hair.

a dry or healed sore; a scar.

a binding; a band.

a cloud.

the hem of a garment.

a quarrel - a) a dispute or disagreement, esp. one marked by anger and deep resentment; b) a falling out; breaking up of friendly relations.

to bite - a) to seize, pierce or cut with the teeth or with parts like jaws; b) to sting, as an insect.

to give a kiss to (a person or thing); touch or caress with the lips; to kiss.

(fig.) to feel the pang; to experience a sharp pain.

(fig.) to inflict pain; to cause another suffer pain.

to stick to; to get fastened to; to fit properly or tightly.

ಕಚ್ಚುವ ನಾಯಿ ಬೊಗಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ kaccuva nāyi bogaḷuvudilla a man of action never boasts of himself, but acts; ಬಾಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆರಳಿಟ್ಟರೆ ಕಚ್ಚಲು ಬಾರದಿರು bāyalli beraḷiṭṭare kaccalu bāradiru (sarc.) to appear very innocent, naive or gullible; to be a babe in woods.

(a nursery term) any (biting) insect.

a small bite or portion of food; a morsel.

a mark of the teeth left when bitten; a dent made by biting.

a wound as made by cutting with a sharp instrument or biting with teeth; a dent made (on the surface) by or as by a blow.

the distress or suffering, mental or physical, caused by great anxiety, anguish, grief, disappointment, etc.; a pain.

a piece removed from a whole by biting or cutting.

avenging of an injury or offence; revenge; vengeance.

not ripe; green; unripe.

that does not last; that gets worn out fast.

not refined; crude.

not cooked or processed; raw.

not arranged or classified properly.

having no experience; (still) learning a particular occupation, activity, etc.

not finished; not completed; half-done.

ಕಚ್ಚಾಕರಡು kaccā karaḍu a resolution, accounts, statement, etc. in its preliminary stage or rough form; ಕಚ್ಚಾಕಿರ್ದಿ kaccā kirdi (book keping) amount pending allocation to respective accounts; ಕಚ್ಚಾಪದಾರ್ಥ kaccā padārtha = ಕಚ್ಚಾಮಾಲು; ಕಚ್ಚಾಮಣ kaccā maṇa an old measure of weight; ಕಚ್ಚಾಮಾಲು kaccā mālu material still in its natural or original state, before being processed or manufacture of a new product; ; a raw material; ಕಚ್ಚಾರಸ್ತೆ kaccā raste a road that is not constructed completely or perfectly; a mud-road; ಕಚ್ಚಾವಸ್ತು kaccā vastu = ಕಚ್ಚಾಮಾಲು; ಕಚ್ಚಾಸೇರು kaccā sēru any of more than one erstwhile units of weight; ಕಚ್ಚಾಹುರಿ kaccā huri semifinished, untrimmed rope.

the hem or end of a dhōti or a sari tucked into the waist-band.

a single long cloth used to cover the privy parts, as by a male ascetic or, poor men in warm climates; a loin cloth.

a waist-band or a thread tied around the waiste.

the external genital organs of a female animal (as of a cow, buffalo, etc.).

a wedge that fastens the handle to the plough.

ಕಚ್ಚೆ ಕಟ್ಟು kacce kaṭṭu to tie a loin cloth; 2. (fig.) to be ready for taking up a responsible work; to be ready for a fight; ಕಚ್ಚೆಗಟ್ಟು kaccegaṭṭu = ಕಚ್ಚೆ ಕಟ್ಟು.

an act or process of washing.

water in which the feet (of a respectable person) is washed.

water in which rice is washed before being cooked.

the plant Solanum indicum of Solanaceae family; wild Indian brinjal.

its fruit.

the plant Solanum melongena of Solanaceae family.

to wash; to clean by means of water.

= ಕಾಚಿಹುಲ್ಲು.

(a contemptuous term) a despicable woman; a wretch.

the hem of a dhōti, the lose, long cloth used to cover the portion below the navel of a man.

a single long cloth used to cover the privy parts, as by a male ascetic or, poor men in warm climates; a loin cloth.

the tree Acacia catechu (= Mimosa catechu) of Mimosae family; catechu.

a dark, astringent, resin-like substance, rich in tanin, extracted from that tree which is used with betel leaves and areca nut, and also in medicine, and for dyeing, tanning, etc.

= ಕಾಜು.

an obs. copper currency coin.

short, indistinct sounds made in rapid succession (as of some birds, insects, etc.); the chattering sound of monkeys.

the plant Arum colocasia.

its esculent root.

a garden plant Curcuma zerumbet (= C. zeodarina, = Amonum zerumbet) of Zingiberaceae family; zedoary.