the tree Clerodendrum viscosum (= C. infortunatum) of Verbenaceae family.

a piece or tract of land that is rich in salt or salts; a brackish land.

a part of a sea or lake, indenting the shoreline; wide inlet not so large as a gulf.

a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading, by riding on horseback, etc.; a ford.

(dial.) the nest of a crow.

a black coloured ox.

any of a family (Picidae) of piciform birds distinguished by stiff tail feathers used for support, a strong, pointed, chisel-shaped bill used for drilling holes in bark to get insects, and a long, protrusile tongue with a spearlike tip; a woodpecker.

an act of making, doing, causing, etc.

a man who makes, creates, as an artist, mechanic, actor, etc.

to be charred; to be reduced to charcoal from burning.

to heat something in a pan or directly in fire.

to cook in a pan in hot oil.

(fig.) to undergo sever pain or affliction.

a kind of herb.

the state of being charred or reduced to charcoal from burning.

that which is burnt competely or reduced to charcoal.

the black colour.

religious defilement.

the day following the day of eclipse, solstice or new moon-day.

a plant disease.

the cobweb holding dust and has turned black.

a black substance consisting chiefly of carbon particles formed by the incomplete combustion of burning matter; soot.

ಕರಿಯಾಗು kariyāgu to be scorched; to be charred; ಕರಿಕರಿಯಾಗು karikariyāgu to be reduced completely to charcoal by burning;ಕರಿಯ(ನ್ನು) ಹರಿ karaya(nnu) hari to drive the bullocks fast on the day following the day of eclipse, solstice, etc. to clear the religious defilement of the previous day.

intensely dark in colour; opposite to white; of the color of coal or pitch; black.

ಕರಿಕುತ್ರಿ kari kutri (dial.) (derog.) a person of very dark complexion.