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 the head, tail, and four legs may be withdrawn: a turtle; a tortoise.

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

the seed of the plant Brassica nigra; black mustard.

= ಆವೆಮಣ್ಣು.

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

= ಅವ್ವ1.

(a remote demonstrative masculine pronoun) the man or boy previously mentioned; that man; he.

what; which; which person; who.

(as a relative pronoun) that which.

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.

an interjection expressing wonder.