plural form of 'be' in third person, neuter gender.

= ಅವ್ವ1.

any of terrestrial or aquatic reptiles belonging to a large and widely distributed order Testudines, having a toothless beak and a soft body encased in a tough shell into which, usu. the head, tail, and four legs may be withdrawn: a turtle; a tortoise.

the seed of the plant Brassica nigra; black mustard.

a furnace or oven for drying, burning or baking something, as bricks, grain or pottery ; a kiln.

= ಆವೆಮಣ್ಣು.

(dial.) a thin, flat cake fried on in a pan; a pan-cake.

the animals or things (sometimes contemptuously, persons) previously mentioned or being referred to from a distance; they.

a linear measure.

a female parent; a mother.

a respectful mode of addressing an elderly woman.

ಅವ್ವನ ಕೂಡೆ ಉಂಡರೇನು, ಅಪ್ಪನ ಕೂಡೆ ಉಂಡರೇನು? avvana kūḍe uṇḍarēnu, appana kūḍe uṇḍarēnu (prov.) no matter what the modality is, if the aim is achieved.