the earth.

a long and strong timber used as a horizontal support for a roof of a building; a wooden beam.

tender; unripe; being in the early stage of development.

the plant Bambusa vulgaris of Poaceae family; bamboo cane.

to pull forward; to bring forcibly after one.

to pull towards; to attract.

to draw a line; to construct in linear form.

to draw (a sword etc. out of its sheath).

to unduly lengthen (as a story, song, etc.); to slow down the pace.

ಎಳೆದುಕೊಂಡುಹೋಗು eḷedukoṇḍu hōgu (fig.) to go on dragging (something) for a long time; to prolong boringly or irritatingly; ಎಳೆದು ಮಾತನಾಡು eḷedu mātanāḍu to speak in a slow, lengthened tone; to utter in a slow and sleepy manner; to drawl; ಎಳೆಯಲಾರದ ಎತ್ತು ಮಿಣಿಯಮೇಲೆ ಬಿತ್ತು eḷeyalārada ettu miṇiya mēle bittu (prov.) he who is incapable of doing, always resorts to excuses; a bad workman quarrels with his tools.

fibre - a) a slender, threadlike structure that combines with others to form animal or vegetable tissue; b) the tissue so formed.

a thin line of twisted fibre; a twisted thread.

(fig.) something that leads out of a puzzle or to arrive at a definite solution or conclusion.

ಎಳೆಗಾಗಿ ಬಾಲ ಕಳೆದುಕೊ eḷegāgi bāla kaḷeduko (prov.) to lose one's fortune for a petty gain; to lose a ship for a half-penny worth of tar; ಎಳೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದರೆ ಹಚ್ಚಡ ನುಂಗಿದ eḷe sikkidare haccaḍa nuŋgida (prov.) a small amount of favour to a man not deserving it, might cost your fortune.

the herb, Elettaria cardamomum of Zingiberaceae family.

its seed capsule, the seeds of which (or the capsules itself) are used as spice and in medicine; cardamom.

a festival of Goddess Lakṣmi observed by women on the eighth day of the sixth month (Bhādrapada) of Hindu lunar year ( on which day a thread is tied round their wrist).

a kind of metre having in each verse, two lines with seven gaṇas (groups) of which the sixth one being Brahmagaṇa and the others being Viṣṇugaṇa.

(chiefly in composition) to pull towards; to attract; to bring forcibly toward.