the large gland that secretes bile; the liver.

a flat wooden or metal plate which is fixed with a sharp blade, used to cut vegetables; a kitchen-blade.

any of a large number of small, widespread rodents belonging to various families and having small ears and a long, thin tail, esp., a species (Mus musculus) that commonly infests buildings; a mouse.

(sometimes referred to any of numerous long-tailed rodents of various families (esp. Muridae and Cricetidae) resembling, but larger than, the mouse; a rat.

ಇಲಿಗಳ ವ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಕ್ಕು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ iligaḷa vyajyakke bekku sākṣi (prov.) a fox should not be the judge at a goose's trial; ಇಲಿಗೆ ಹೆದರಿ ಹುಲಿಯ ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಬೀಳು ilige hedari huliya bāyige bīḷu (prov.) he leaps into a deep river, to avoid a shallow brook; ಇಲಿ ಮನೆಯೊಳಗೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು ಬಿಲ ಮುಚ್ಚು ili maneyoḷge biṭṭukoṇḍu bila muccu (prov.) destroy an anthill elsewhere to kill a viper that is allowed to be inside one's house; ಇಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿತೆಂದು ಮನೆಗೆ ಕಿಚ್ಚು ಹಚ್ಚಬಾರದು ili heccitendu manega kiccu haccabāradu (prov.) burn not your house to freighten away the mice; ಬರುವಾಗ ಹುಲಿಯಹಾಗೆ, ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ಇಲಿಹಾಗೆ baruvāga huliyahāge, hōguvāga iliya hāge (prov.) roaring he comes, and quietly he goes; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಚೆಲ್ಲಾಟ, ಇಲಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಣಸಂಕಟ bekkige cellāṭa, ilige prāṇasaŋkaṭa (prov.) while cat plays with a mouse, the mouse has its heart in its mouth.

a weapon in gen. (as a sword or cudgel).

this place or point; here.

(used only in the negative mood of the verbal root of) to be; to exist.

if not; in case it is not.

otherwise; or else

ಇಲ್ಲ ಎನ್ನಿಸಿಬಿಡು illa ennisibiḍu to remove (something) from record, existence; 2. to kill; to murder; ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ illadiddare if (it is) not; 2. otherwise; or else; ಇಲ್ಲವಾಗು illavāgu to become absent; to disappear; 3. to be exhausted; ಇಲ್ಲವೇ illavē otherwise; or else; ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಇಲ್ಲ illavē illa not at all; never.

a place of normal dwelling; a house; a home.

(used only in the negative mood of the verbal root of) to be; to exist.

here - a) at or in this place; b) to, toward or into this place; c) at this point in action, speech, discussion or times, etc.; now.

this place or point; here.

ಇಲ್ಲಿಂ ಮುನ್ನಂ illim munna before this point of time; before this; ಇಲ್ಲಿತನಕ illitanaka until this time; to now; hitherto; 2. upto this place; ಇಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗೆ illiyavarege = ಇಲ್ಲಿತನಕ; ಇಲ್ಲಿವರಂ illivaram = ಇಲ್ಲಿತನಕ; ಇಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲಿಯೇ illilliyē (dupl.) (somewhere) around this place.