the active principle that burns giving out heat and light; fire.

much hotness; great warmth.

(fig.) very great mental pain; agony.

a feeling of discontent and ill will because of another's advantages, possessions, etc.; resentful dislike of another who has something that one desires; envy.

ಕಿಚ್ಚಿಗೆ ಅಂಜದವ ಬೂದಿಗೆ ಅಂಜ್ಯಾನೆ? kiccige anjadava būdige anjyāne? (prov.) it is evident that he who can face a wild tiger, will not be scared of a mouse; ಕಿಚ್ಚುಕಾಯಿಸು kiccu kāyisu to warm oneself up (usu. sitting by the side of fire); ಕಿಚ್ಚು ನುಂಗುವವ ನುಚ್ಚು ಬಿಟ್ಟಾನೇ? kiccu nunguvava nuccu biṭṭānē? (prov.) he who has eaten up a vat asks for the pipkin; ಮನೆಯೊಳಗಿನ ಕಿಚ್ಚು ಮನೆಯನ್ನೇ ಸುಡುವುದು maneyoḷagina kiccu maneyannē suḍuvudu (prov.) jealosy burns the person from within; fire in the bosom, burns one's cloth first.

hair of the head.

a bundle or knot of the hair of the head.

interwoven or matted hair.

a dry or healed sore; a scar.

a binding; a band.

a cloud.

the hem of a garment.

a hard, amorphous, brittle, usu. transparent, substance, a bad conductor of electricity, made of the oxides of silicon; glass.

a net-work of rope or metal string hung from roof-beam of the house for keeping vessels; a swinging shelf.

an eye-diseae.

a sewn cloth, tight-fitting underwear, worn as girding for the loins; an underclothing.

the plant Arum colocasia.

its esculent root.

a garden plant Curcuma zerumbet (= C. zeodarina, = Amonum zerumbet) of Zingiberaceae family; zedoary.

short, indistinct sounds made in rapid succession (as of some birds, insects, etc.); the chattering sound of monkeys.

either of two milk-secreting glands protruding from the upper, front part of a woman's body; a breast.

the period of life coming between boyhood or girlhood and maturity; youth.

= ಕೂಚು1.

a device having bristles, hairs, etc. fastened into a hard back, with a handle attached, used for painting; a painteṛs brush.

a projected corner; an uneven surface, joint etc. protruding outside.

the quality of being dishonest or not straightforward; crookedness.