any of annelid worms, belonging to the subclass Hirudinea, living in water or wet earth and having a flat body, a well-developed sucker at each end, most of which are bloodsuckers, of which one species Hirudo medicinalis was being used in medicine in former times, to bleed patients; a leech.

a suffix used to denote 'if', 'when'.

to strike with a finger.

a rigid support from below to keep a thing from falling or collapsing; a prop.

a wooden anvil used by smiths to work on.

the act of depositing something as a security for repayment of a loan or for performance; a pledging.

something deposited for this purpose; a pledge; a pawn;

ಅಡೆಗಿಕ್ಕು aḍegikku to keep on the wooden anvil (for working on). ಅಡೆಯಹಣ aḍeyahaṇa a tax levied on smiths.

dried cake of date, tamarind fruits or of sugar.

knotted hairs.

a sweet cake made of rice flour, jaggery.

a cake made of rice flour, ground pulses, etc. (without jaggery).

a heap; a mound.

an assemblage of people.

a material made of woven threads; a fabric; a cloth.

unwoven threads at the end of a cloth.

the border of anything; edge; fringe; border.

to get; to obtain; to have.

to be available; to be in one's hand.

to fill in or stuff forcibly.

that which is (as an unripe fruit) stocked inside hay (for getting ripened quickly).

a fact or purpose that is kept from otheṛs knowledge; a secret;

ಅಡೆ ಹಾಕು aḍe hāku to stock (unripe fruits) inside hay (for getting ripened quickly).

cow dung.

a dried cake made of cow-dung used as fuel.