a man belonging to, coming from, the Koḍagu region (South-western part of Karnāṭaka); a man whose mother tongue is Koḍava.

an old measure of grain (equal to one fourth of Prastha and containing twelve handfuls).

an old unit of weight equal to 185.6 gms.

a short thick stick used as a weapon; a cudgel.

the tree Anthocephalus indicus (= A. cadamba, = Nauclea cadamba) of Rubiaceae family; cadamba tree.

a large deer (Cervus unicolor) with coarse hair, a short, erectile mane, and three-pointed antlers; an Indian sambar.

fleshy; plump; corpulent; stout; fat.

a fat, male monkey or cat.

(derog. or sarc.) a big, slow, fat person; a lubber.

a framework for supporting the bedspring and mattress of a bed; a bedstead.

a device, as a seat hanging from ropes or chains, on which one can sit and swing backward and forward as a form of amusement; a length of netting, canvas, etc. swung from ropes at both ends and used as a bed or couch; a swing; a hammock.

(dance.) one of the twenty four hand-gestures in which both hands are used.

the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than these; the narrower middle part of the normal human figure; the waist.

= ಕಡವ2.