the annual herb Sesamum indicum ( = S. Orientale) of Pedaliaceae family; sesame plant.

its oil-yielding seeds; sesame; gingelly.

the plant Pedalium murex (=P. indica, = P. prostratum) of Pedaliaceae family; wild sesame.

a mixture of sesame, sugar (candy) or pieces of jaggery, bits of copra, and groundnut seeds that is distributed on the occasion of harvest festival Makara Sankrānti which normally falls on the 14th of January every year.

ಎಳ್ಳಷ್ಟು eḷḷaṣṭu = ಎಳ್ಳಿನಷ್ಟು; ಎಳ್ಳಿನಷ್ಟು eḷḷinaṣṭu minute; very small; negligibly small; ಎಳ್ಳು ಬೀರು eḷḷu bīru to distribute the mixture of sesame, sugar (candy) or pieces of jaggery, bits of copra, and groundnut seeds on the occasion of harvest festival Makara Sankrānti which normally falls on the 14th of January every year; ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರು ಬಿಡು eḷḷu nīru biḍu to give oblations to the dead; 2. (fig.) to abandon, sever the relation (with a person); 3. (fig.) to give up the hope (of getting back from a person the amount, thing etc. lent to him or her); ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರೆರೆ(ಱೆ) eḷḷu nīrere(ṛe) = ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರು ಬಿಡು.

the plant Sesamum indicum ( = S. orientale) of Pedaliaceae family and its oil-yielding seed; sesame; gingelly.

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

(rightly, ಎಳೆ ಅರಸ, ಎಳೆಯರಸ) the ruler of a country; a king.

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 earth.

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

the plant Bambusa vulgaris of Poaceae family; bamboo cane.

(chiefly in composition) being in the first stage or an early stage of life; young; tender.