an elder brother.

a respectful mode of addressing a male (irrespective of his age).

a term used (esp. in the southern parts of Karnāṭaka by some communities) to address father.

a term used to address a male sarcastically.

a castrated man, kept in charge of a harem; a eunuch.

a suffix to the names of males (either as a part of the name or used respectfully);

ಅಣ್ಣ ಸತ್ತರೆ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ ನಿಲ್ಲದು aṇṇa sattare huṇṇime 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; ಅಣ್ಣ ತನ್ನವನಾದರೆ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ ತನ್ನವಳೇ? aṇṇa tannavanādare attige tannavaḷe? (prov.) a distant relative need not have concern as a blood relative; ಅಣ್ಣತಮ್ಮನಮರ aṇṇa tammana mara the tree Dipterocarpus indicus of Dipterocarpaceae family; Indian dipterocarp; ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ aṇṇanaŋkakāra a military title given to a man who fights for his elder brother; ಅಣ್ಣನ ಗಂಧವಾರಣ aṇṇana gandvāraṇa = ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ; ಅಣ್ಣನ ಬಂಟ aṇṇana baṇṭa = ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ; ಅಣ್ಣನ ಸಿಂಗ aṇṇana siŋga = ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ; ಪರವೆಂಡಿರಣ್ಣ paraveṇḍiraṇṇa one who regards another's wife as his own sister.

a small pond or a small stream (?).

a ceremonious impurity .

to face or act in opposition; to oppose.

to have on the body (as a dress); to wear; to have, possess afresh a new form.

to receive; to take.

to seize in the hands; to hold; to catch; to grasp.

to stretch forward (as a hand in begging).

to stop oneself from moving.

to tolerate; to put up with (someone or something not especially liked).

to take shelter in or under.

to recline on or against.

to give shelter, protection; to support or act as a prop; to bear the burden; ಆಂತವನ್ āntavan he who has opposed.

he who has borne the burden.

ಆತು ಉಣ್ಣು ātu uṇṇu to eat, have food, slowly (i.e. with no hurry); ಆತುಕೊ ātuko = ಆತುಕೊಳ್ಳು. ಆತುಕೊಳ್ಳು ātukoḷḷu to seize and hold; to catch; 2. to act in opposition; to oppose; ಆತುಹೋಗು ātuhōgu to go unhurriedly.

the nominative singular of the first personal pronoun; the word mentioning oneself; the one who is speaking or writing; "I".

(expressing uncertainty, probability, etc.) so ever; even.

an order; a command; a behest.

melted jaggery added with an edible gum, and used as binding agent in making some sweets.

a metal plate used in between the stove and the cooking vessel.

an old coin, being sixteenth part of a rupee.