to exert pressure esp. on all sides; to squeeze; to compress.

(kitchen vessel) to get pressed; to lose original shape; to become dented.

a dent on a kitchen vessel.

an affectionate woman.

a woman in love or a woman who has been loved.

to be compressed; to become reduced in volume.

to lose strength and soundness of the body.

to lose one's original shape; to get dented as by a blow or pressure (as a metal vessel).

to that.

for that; for that reason.

now that', ' as it is' (a conj. usu. used at the commencement of writing of a formal letter).

a special occasion of rejoicing; celebration of jubilation.

a word used while writing a letter, as a formal beginning.

an elder brotheṛs wife.

one's husband's elder sister.

one's wife's elder sister.

a respectful or affectionate mode of addressing a woman;

ಅಣ್ಣ ನಮ್ಮವನಾದರೆ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮವಳೆ? aṇṇa nammavanādare a ttige nammavaḷe (prov.) one's brother may have the affection, but not his wife; ಬಡವನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ baḍavana heṇḍati ūrigellā a ttige (prov.) every one takes lenience with the poor; ಅತ್ತೆಯ ಕಾಟಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆಯ ನೋಟ ಕಷ್ಟ atteya kāṭakkinta attigeya nōṭa kaṣṭa (prov.) it is the people in the second line who dominate more than the head of a family or organisation.

to join; to unit; to solder; to connect.