a color, discoloration, streak or spot resulting from or as from staining with dirt, etc.; a stain.

a moral blemish; taint.

the act or an instance of suspecting guilt, a wrong, etc.; suspicion.

a black oil used to anoint some stone idols.

a female Jaina ascetic.

a waste piece of cloth, esp. one that is old or torn; a mendicaṇṭs coat made of rags.

a long side-bag, hung on a shoulder by a beggar or mendicant.

the human body.

a mud-wall (of a house).

(fig.) useless chat, discussion, etc.

(fig.) (pl.) trivial or mundane things; ಕಂತೆಕಟ್ಟು k antekaṭṭu (fig.) to die; to kick the bucket; ಕಂತೆಬೊಂತೆ k antebonte (dupl.) of ಕಂತೆ2; ಕಂತೆವೊಗೆ k antevoge (fig.) to die; to kick the bucket; ಕಂತೆಬಿಚ್ಚು k antebiccu (fig.) to begin narrating unnecessary details in a boring manner; ಕಂತೆಮಾತು k ante mātu idle or useless talk; ಕಂತೆಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಬೊಂತೆ k antege takka bonte only people of like character mingle together.

a set date, as for payment, termination of tenancy, etc.; a term.

a premium; an instalment - a) the amount payable or paid, in one sum or periodically, for an insurance policy; b) any of the parts of a debt or other sum of money to be paid at regular times over a specified period.

Manmatha, the Love-God.

the organ maintaining the circulation of blood in the body; the heart.

fellow-feeling or sorrow for sufferings of another; compassion; favour; mercy; love.

a storehouse for threshed grain; a granary.

a bundle of hay, harvested crop, etc.

a false statement or statements made with an intention to deceive another or others;ಕಂತೆಕಟ್ಟು k antekaṭṭu to make into a bundle; wrap or tie together.

(fig.) to move from or leave one's place.

(the sun, moon, etc.) to appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon (as the earth rotates); to make an apparent descent; to set.

(dial.) (a thorn, needle, etc.) to pierce into (the flesh).

a coat or a blanket of a mendicant or beggar, made of rags.

a long side-bag of a mendicant or beggar.

a useless and boring narration.

ಕಂಥೆಗೆ ಚಳಿ ಬರುವ ಮಾತು kanthege caḷi baruva mātu a saying which narrates some unnatural happening or impractical event.

a young child.

a young of cow or of any other animal.

a term of affection used in addressing a younger person.

a cow that has calved recently.