the organ of sight; the eye.

husked grain of the grass Oryza sativa, used as food, rice.

any grain resembling the rice grain.

a small dot, to further draw ornamental lines and figures with various powders, in front of a deity or house.

whole grains of rice mixed with turmeric and used in religious ceremonies;

ಅಕ್ಕಿಯ ಭೋಜ akkiya bhōja = ಅಕ್ಕಿಬೋಜ; ಅಕ್ಕಿಯಮೇಲೆ ಆಸೆ, ನೆಂಟರ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಇರು akkiya mēle āse, neṇṭara mēle prīti iru (prov.) to desire to have the advantage of both alternatives; to eat one's cake and have it too; I love you, but touch not my pocket; ತಲೆಯಮೇಲೆ (ನಾಲ್ಕು) ಅಕ್ಕಿಯ ಕಾಳು ಹಾಕು taleyamēle (nālku) akkiyakāḷu hāku (prov.) to give in marriage; to bless in a marriage; ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿಯ ಕಾಳು ಹಾಕು bāyige akkiyakāḷu hāku (prov.) to do the last ritual to a dead person before cremation ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಕರ್ಚಾಗಬಾರದು, ಅಕ್ಕನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಬಡವಾಗಬಾರದು akki karcāgabāradu, akkana makkaḷu baḍavāgabāradu (prov.) = ಅಕ್ಕಿಯಮೇಲೆ ಆಸೆ, ನೆಂಟರಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಇರು; ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಉಣ್ಣುವ ಹಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಅಕ್ಕನ ಹಂಗೇನು? akkki koṭṭu uṇnuva hāgiddare akkana haŋgēnu? (prov.) while one is self-sufficient, whose obligation should he be humiliated by; ಅಕ್ಕಿಬೇಳೆಕೊಟ್ಟು ಅಕ್ಕ ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಎನ್ನು akki bēḷe koṭṭu akka ninna prasāda ennu (prov.) = ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಉಣ್ಣುವ ಹಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಅಕ್ಕನ ಹಂಗೇನು? ಅಕ್ಕಿಸೊಂಡಿಲು ಕೀಟ akkisoṇḍilu kīṭa any of various families of beetles (esp. Curculionidae) having the head prolonged into a projecting beak that usually curves downward, and including many pest species that feed, esp. as larvae, on rice; rice weevil.

(slang) a bird.

the plant Polygonum plebejum (var. indica) of Polygonaceae family.

the plant Euphorbia hirta ( = E. pilulifera) of Euphorbiaceae family.

an elder sister.

a woman elder to one (a term used to call or refer to an elder woman, with respect).

an affectionate term used to call young girls.

a general term suffixed to the names of women;

ಅಕ್ಕತಂಗಿಯರ ಕಲ್ಲು(ಗಳು) akkataŋgiyara kallu(gaḷu) (pl.) a set of two stones (usu. planted close to each other) of which one is taller; ಅಕ್ಕತಂಗಿಯರ ಕಟ್ಟೆ(ಗಳು) akkataŋgiyara kaṭṭegaḷu (pl.) two water tanks of different sizes situated very close to each other; ಅಕ್ಕತಂಗಿಯರ ಹಣ್ಣು akkataŋgiyara haṇṇu the fruit of the tropical American tree (Carica papaya) of the papaya family; papaya; ಅಕ್ಕತಂಗಿಯ ಬಳ್ಳಿ a kkataŋgiya baḷḷi the creeper, Gloriosa superba of Liliaceae family; ಅಕ್ಕ ನನ್ನವಳಾದರೆ ಭಾವ ನನ್ನವನೆ? akka nannavaḷādare bhāva nannavane? (prov.) a distant relative need not have concern as a blood relative has; ಅಕ್ಕ ಸತ್ತರೆ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ ನಿಲ್ಲದು akka sattare amāvāsye nilladu (prov.) the sun will not stop rising in the east if my alarm clock is not working; time and tide wait for no man; ಉಣ್ಣುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಉಡುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಕ್ಕನ್ನ ಕರೆ, ಕೋಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾಕುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಭಾವನ್ನ ಕರೆ uṇṇuvudakke uḍuvudakke akkanna kare, kōḷakke hākuvudakke bhāvanna kare (prov.) to be blindly partisan in allocating the reward for the effort and blame for the failure; ಅಕ್ಕನ ಹಗೆ ಭಾವನ ನಂಟು akkana hage, bhāvana naṇṭu (prov.) a hen that cackles in owner's house and lays in another's; ಅಕ್ಕನನ್ನು ಅರಿಯದವಳು ನೆರೆಮನೆಯ ಬೊಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನನ್ನು ಬಲ್ಲಳೆ akkanannu ariyadavaḷu neremaneya bommakkanannu ballaḷe (prov.) can one, who cannot understand his own mother, understand another's?.

an interjection used to point at remote objects; lo!; behold!.

the condition causing misery; want of happiness and comfort.

moral or religious offence or short-coming; a sin.

a game played with pawns of different kinds, on a chequered board; chess.

an interjection to show a thing at a distance or to mention something interesting or surprising;

ಅಕಾ ಎನ್ನುವಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ಬರು akā ennuvaṣṭaralli baru to come, happen or occur immediately.