to flow or leak out slowly.

(saliva) to secrete.

to establish oneself firmly at; to settle oneself in a place.

to set firmly (as a plant, a pole, etc.) into the ground.

to fix firmly in a position.

to bite; to sting.

to pierce; to stab.

a town - a) a group of houses; a village; b) a more or less concentrated group of houses and private buildings, larger than a village but smaller than a city; c) a city or other thickly populated urban place;

ಊರ ಕೋಣ ūra kōṇa a male buffalo let out free to grow on its own in the town in the name of the town-goddess; 2. (fig.) a man living on other's labour, leading a roguish life; ಊರಬಟ್ಟೆ ūra baṭṭe a road to or from a town; ಊರ ಚಿಂತೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡು ವೀರಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಬಡವಾದ ūra cinte kaṭṭikoṇḍu vīraśeṭṭi baḍavāda (prov.) = ಊರ ದನ ಕಾಯ್ದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬೋರೇಗೌಡ ಅನ್ನಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ; ಊರಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಲಗೇರಿ ūriddalli holagēri (prov.) there are harmful, wicked people everywhere; ಊರಿಗೆ ಅರಸನಾದರೂ ತಾಯಿಗೆ ಮಗ ūrige arasanadrū tāyige maga (prov.) however great a man be, still he is a son for his mother; social or political status cannot spoil thepersonal relation witne's mother. ಊರಿಗೆ ಬಂದವಳು ನೀರಿಗೆ ಬರಲಾರಳೆ? ūrige bandavaḷu nīrige baralāraḷe (prov.) be patient till it happens completely, it will certainly happen in the natural sequence; ನೀರು ಇದ್ದರೆ ಊರು, ನಾರಿ ಇದ್ದರೆ ಮನೆ nīru iddare ūru, nāri iddare mane (prov.) a house without a lady is a nothing but a desert as a town without water; ಊರು ಸೂರೆಯಾದಮೇಲೆ ಕೋಟೆ ಬಾಗಿಲು ಹಾಕಿದರು ūru sūreyāda mēle kōṭe bāgilu hākidaru (prov.) to prescribe preventive medicine after the patient is dead; to try to stop the leak after the entire wine is run out; shut the stable door when the steed is stolen; ಊರ ಮುಂದೆ ನೇಗಿಲು ಹೂಡಿದರೆ ಕಂಡಕಂಡವರಿಂದ ಒಂದೊಂದು ಮಾತು ūramunde nēgilu huḍidare kaṇḍakaṇḍavarida ondondu mātu (prov.) public work always draws lot of criticism; a house build by the way side is either too high or too low; ಊರು ಹೊಲಗೇರಿ ಒಂದು ಮಾಡು ūru holagēri ondumāḍu (prov.) to make a great deal of noise; to raise hell; ಊರು ಹೋಗು ಅನ್ನು, ಕಾಡು ಬಾ ಅನ್ನು ūru hōgu annu, kāḍu bā annu (prov.) to be in the last stage of one's life; to have one foot already in the grave; hence show no interest or pretend not interested, in worldly matters); ಊರು ಓಡುತ್ತೆ ಅಂತ ಕುರುಡ ಓಡಿದರೆ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬೀಳುತ್ತಾನೆ ūru ōḍutte anta kuruḍa ōḍidare keḷage bīḷuttāne (prov.) do try not run behind others unless you can; your capacity and knowledge must guide you rather than what others do; ಊರ ಗುದ್ದಲಿ ತಂದು ನಾಡ ಕಾಲುವೆ ಅಗೆದ ūra guddali tandu nāḍa kāluve ageda (prov.) he strives hard to get name undertaking public welfare job by using public resources; ಊರಲ್ಲಿ ತಿರಿದುಣ್ಣು, ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪದಹಾಡು ūralli tiriduṇṇu, nannalli padahēḷu (prov.) let other take care of you, but let your labour be for me; ಊರು ಸೇರಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ದಾರಿಯ ಹಂಗೇಕೆ? ūru sēridamēle dāriya haŋgēke (prov.) to be an ingrate; kick the ladder once you reach the top; ಊರು ನೋಡಿ ಬಾ ಅಂದರೆ, ತೋರಣ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಬಂದ ūru nōḍi bāa ndare, tōraṇa kaṭṭi banda (prov.) to do something that is not asked to or required; ಊರು ಮಾಡಿದ ಕೊಳಗ, ತಾಯಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ūru māḍida koḷaga, tāyi māḍida hoṭṭe (prov.) mother is the architect of her children; ಊರ ದನ ಕಾಯ್ದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬೋರೇಗೌಡ ಅನ್ನಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ūra dana kāydu doḍḍa borēgauḍa annisikoṇḍa (prov.) the fool is busy in every man's business but his own; ಊರ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡು ಕೊತ್ವಾಲ ಬಡವಾದ ūra suddi kaṭṭikoṇḍu kotvāla baḍavāda (prov.) = ಊರ ದನ ಕಾಯ್ದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬೋರೇಗೌಡ ಅನ್ನಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ; ಊರಿಗೆ ಹಬ್ಬವಾದರೆ ನಾಯಿಗೆ ಲೊಳಲೊಟ್ಟೆ ūrige habbavādare, nayige loḷaloṭṭe (prov.) when the rich have a feast, the poor lick the plate; ಊರಿಗೆ ಉಪಕಾರಿ, ಮನೆಗೆ ಮಾರಿ ūrige upakāri, manege māri (prov.) the hen that cackles in your house and lays in another's; ಹೋಗದ ಊರಿನ ದಾರಿ ಕೇಳು hōgada ūrina dāri kēḷū (prov.) to labour for getting unnecessary thing; ಊರು ಉಪಕಾರ ಅರಿಯದು, ಹೆಣ ಶೃಂಗಾರ ಅರಿಯದು ūru upkāra ariyadu, heṇa śřŋgāra ariyadu (prov.) the public service never brings appreciation and dead body can never recognise the decoration on it; ಊರು ಬೇರೆಯಾದರೂ ಪ್ರಾರಬ್ಧ ಬೇರೆಯೇ? ūru bēreyādarū prārabdha bēreyē (prov.) change of cloth can never change your destiny; ಊರ ಬಾಗಿಲು ಮುಚ್ಚಬಹುದು, ದೂರುವ ಬಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಲಾಗದು ūra bāgilu mucca bahudu,dūruva bāyiyannu muccalāgadu (prov.) one can control the newspapers, but cannot control gossiping; ಊರ ಮೇಲೆ ಊರು ಬಿದ್ದರೆ ಶಾನುಭೋಗನಿಗೆ ಕೆಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೇನು? ūra mēle ūru biddare, śanubhōganige keṭṭiddēnu? (prov.) to be unconcerned to any disaster that may befall the outside world, as long as your interests are not affected; ಊರೆಲ್ಲಾ ತಿರಿದು ಜೂಲುನಾಯಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿದ ūrrellā tiridu jūlunāyige hākida (prov.) be a slave to the entire town to bring up a dog; ಊರೆಲ್ಲಾ ನೆಂಟರು, ಉಣ್ಣಲಿಕ್ಕುವವರಿಲ್ಲ ūrellā neṇṭaru, uṇṇalikkuvavarilla (prov.) be amidst a large number of kith and kin, still lonely and helpless; ಬಾಯಿ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದದರೆ ಊರು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು bāyi oḷḷeyadādare ūru oḷḷeyadu (prov.) people are good to you if you are good to them; ಊರಕ್ಕಿ ಊರಬೇಳೆ ಉಂಡು ಹೋಗೆ ಮಾರವ್ವ ūrakki ūra bēḷe uṇḍu hōge māravva (prov.) I host a feast for you at the cost of the others, but let the credit be mine; ಊರಿನವರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಂದು ದಾರಿಯಾದರೆ, ಎಡವಟ್ಟನಿಗೇ ಒಂದು ದಾರಿ ūrinavarigellā ondu dāriyādare, eḍavaṭṭanigē ondu dāri (prov.) stupidity is the unique way a stupid has; ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ಸೆಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲ ūigellā obbanē settiyalla = ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಬ್ಬಳೇ ಪದ್ಮಾವತಿಯಲ್ಲ; ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಬ್ಬಳೇ ಪದ್ಮಾವತಿಯಲ್ಲ ūrigellā obbaḷē padmāvatiyalla (fig.) to not be the only person who is important in a situation or in a group; ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸಾರು ūrigellā sāru (fig.) to tell everyone about something.

that part of the leg in humans between the knee and the hip; the thigh.

a learning by heart (as to keep the things so learnt accurately in memory).

ಉರುತೆಗೆ uru tege = ಉರುಹಾಕು; ಉರುಹಚ್ಚು uru haccu = ಉರುಹಾಕು; ಉರುಹಾಕಿಸು uru hākisu to make one learn (a poem, passage, set of facts, etc.) by heart; ಉರುಹಾಕು uru hāku to learn ( a poem, passage, set of facts etc.) by heart so that it can be recollected or reproduced accurately from memory; to commit to one's memory; ಉರುಹೊಡೆ uru hoḍe = ಉರುಹಾಕು.

of a kind different from others; distinctive, peculiar.

of a special nature or quality by which a thing excels another; superior; excellent.

extending over a large area; of great extent; wide.

(fig.) to stay at another's place for considerable period.

one of the two varieties of crow (genus: Corvus, family: Corvidae) with glossy black plumage, found in villages, towns and cities, (the other being ಕಾಡುಕಾಗೆ, the raven).

= ಜಾಂಡಾಹೊಡೆ.

= ಝಾಂಡಹೂಡು.