to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to hear.

to cause to perceive or apprehend by another.

to produce pus in infections.

the part of the body specialised for the perception of sound; organ of hearing: the ear.

the inlet for putting gunpowder into a gun.

either of the tapering ends of the spindle rod.

the ring attached to a frying pan, used as a handle.

ಕಿವಿ ಉರುಬು kavi urubu = ಕಿವಿಕಚ್ಚು; ಕಿವಿ ಊದು kivi ūdu = ಕಿವಿಕಚ್ಚು; to slander about; to slander; ಕಿವಿಗೆಯ್ದಿಸು kivigeydisu = ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಹಾಕು; ಕಿವಿಗೆಯ್ದು kevigeydu = ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಬೀಳು; ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಬೀಳು kivige bīḷu to be heard; ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಮುಟ್ಟು kivige muṭṭu = ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಬೀಳು; ಕಿವಿಗೆವರ್ kivigevar = ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಬೀಳು; ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳು kivige hākikoḷḷu to hear; to listen attentively; ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಹಾಕು kivige hāku to reach (some news) to another; to bring (something) to another's notice; ಕಿವಿ ಚುರುಕಾಗು kivi curukāgu = ಕಿವಿ ನೆಟ್ಟಗಾಗು; ಕಿವಿ ನಿಗುರು kivi niguru = ಕಿವಿ ನೆಟ್ಟಗಾಗು; ಕಿವಿ ನಿಮಿರು kivi nimiru = ಕಿವಿ ನೆಟ್ಟಗಾಗು; ಕಿವಿ ನೆಟ್ಟಗಾಗು kivi neṭṭagāgu (one's eagerness to hear something) to be aroused very much or become intense; ಕಿವಿ ನೆಟ್ಟಗೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು kivi neṭṭage māḍikoḷḷu to become eager to listen; to become suddenly attentive; to prick up one's ears; ಕಿವಿಯ ಮೇಲಿಡು kiviya mēliḍu = ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಹಾಕು; ಕಿವಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳು kiviya mēle hākikoḷḷu to listen; to give attention to; ಕಿವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಕು kiviyalli hāku = ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಹಾಕು; ಕಿವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೂವನ್ನು ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿರು kiviyalli hūvannu iṭṭukoṇḍiru (fig.) to be ignorant to believe whatever is said (even it is obviously untrue); ಕಿವಿವರಂ kivavaram = ಕಿವಿವರೆ; ಕಿವಿವರೆ kivavare upto (one's) ear (a pulling a string of a bow, etc.); ಕಿವಿಸೋಲು kivi sōlu to listen to another's ill advice or slander; ಈ ಕಿವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಳಿ ಆ ಕಿವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡು ī kiviyalli kēḷI ā kiviyalli biḍu (prov.) to give no particular attention to what is being said; to get in at an ear and out at the other; ತನ್ನ ಕಿವಿಯನ್ನು ತಾನೇ ನಂಬದಿರು tanna kiviyannu tānē nambadiru to find it difficult to believe whether something that is heard is real or not; to be not able to believe one's ears; ಮೈಯೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕಿವಿಯಾಗಿರು maiyella kiviyāgiru (fig.) to be very keen and attentive to listen; to be all ears; ಕಿವಿ ಕಿತ್ತ ಮೂಳಿ ಬೇಲಿ ನುಗ್ಗಲು ಹೆದರುವಳೇ? kivi kitta mūḷi bēli nuggalu hedaruvaḷē? (prov.) he who has no value for moral life, can stoop to any level.

to cover from all or almost all sides; to encircle; to attack.

to spread over (as clouds over a place).

to spread or diffuse oneself all over.

to conceal something by veiling.

to assemble at a place in a large group; to crowd; to throng.

to act passionately or vehemently.

to have on the body or on the person (clothing, jewelry, etc.); to wear.

ಕವಿದುಪಡು kavidupaḍu to fall down heavily; ಕವಿದುಬೀಳ್ kavidu bīḷ= ಕವಿದುಬೀೞ್; ಕವಿದುಬೀೞ್ kavidu bił to fall down on another's feet; 2) to attack; to fall upon.

any of various mainly long-tailed agile tree-dwelling primates of the families Cebidae, Callithricidae, and Cercopithecidae; a monkey.

a man having or showing good judgement, sagacity or prudence; a wiseman.

a man who writes poems or verses; he who possesses high powers of imagination or expression etc.; a poet.

(myth.) the preceptor of the demons; the regent of the planet Venus.

water.

the sun.

a water bird; esp., any of a family (Anatidae order Anseriformes), of birds consisting of ducks, geese, and swans.

a head harness for guiding a horse, consisting of headstall, bit, and reins; a bridle.

ರವಿ ಕಾಣದ್ದನ್ನು ಕವಿ ಕಂಡ ravi kāṇaddannu kavi kaṇḍa a poet, like a seer, can see things more deeply than others.

the largest living land animal Loxodonta africana of Africa or Elephas maximus of India, both with a trunk and long curved ivory tusks; an elephant.

a sound imitating the cry of a crow, pigeon, etc.

(myth.) Kāma, the god of love, son of Křṣṇa.

ಕಾವನಂಬು kāvanambu any of the five flower arrows of Manmatha, the Love-God; 2. the pain araising from the longing for sexual intercourse; ಕಾವನಯ್ಯ kāvanayya Křṣṇa, father of Love-God, Manmatha; ಕಾವನರಸಿ kāvanarasi Rati, wife of Manmatha, the Love-God.

a long 'Y'-shaped stick; a forked stick.