a regular payment of money, etc., made by one ruler or nation to another as acknowledgment of subjugation, for protection from invasion, etc.; tribute.

a hole, pit in the ground made to catch wild animals.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a farm, garden etc. for avoiding cattle coming in.

a water way for excess rain water to flow out of a areca field.

black - very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident light; b) completely dark from the absence of a source of light.

the colour that is black; black colour.

a medicated black lotion for the eyes; ಕಪ್ಪು ಕುರಿ kappu kuri a member of a family or group regarded as not so respectable or successful as the rest; black-sheep.

a piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard; a banner.

a small or medium sized branch of a plant that is 'Y' shaped; a bifurcated or forked stick.

a small, open container for drinking water, beverages, with or without a handle; a cup.

to break and turn up or remove (ground, etc.) with a spade or other tool or with hands, claws, snout, etc.; to dig.

to cover, close (as a lid); to veil; to overspread (as cloud).

a dark-brown or black mineral of the mica family, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks; biotite.

the tree Ficus tsakela (= F. venosa) of Moraceae family; a kind of fig tree.