any of predatory, shrill-voiced passerine birds of Laniidae family, with hooked beaks, grey, black, and white plumage, and long tails, which feed on insects, and on small birds, frogs, etc.; a shrike.

in hand spinning, a rounded rod, usu. wooden, tapering toward each end, for twisting into thread the fibres pulled from the material on the distaff, and notched at one end so as to hold the thread; a spindle.

the quantity of thread that is wound on a spindle.

a bruise on the upper arm caused by a sudden stroke.

ಕುಕ್ಕಡಿ ಏಳು kukkaḍi ēḷu (a bruise from a sudden stroke) to raise on the upper arm.

the plant Flacourtia montana (= F. cataphracta) of Flacourtiaceae family.

the flowering creeper, Jasminum pubescens of Oleaeceae family.

its flower.

a coarse wick made of cloth.

the bird Turdus ginginianus.

the condition of not having vitality, essence, vigour, etc.; saplessness.

(usu. small amount of ) money lent for a short term without any security.

(fig.) that which is brought from another; a thing not one's own.

(usu. small amount of ) money lent without any security.

(fig.) that which is brought from another with a promise to return; a thing not one's own.

= ಕಕ್ಕಡ1.

in high degree; excessive; (taste, smell etc.) strong.