the act of crying, shouting; an instance of this.

the sound so made; a cry.

= ಕೂಂಕು.

a girl; a very young woman.

any bristle-like fibre or fibres, as on the head of barley or wheat; beard; an awn.

the dry outer covering of various fruits or seeds, as of an ear of corn.

a loud utterance; a shout; a (loud) call.

an instance of calling or shouting.

to utter or express in a shout; to shout; to cry aloud.

to command or ask to come; to summon; to call.

ಕೂಗಿ ಹೇಳಿದರೆ ತೂಗುವ ತ್ರಾಸು ಕೇಳುತ್ತದೆಯೋ? kūgi hēḷidare tūguva trāsu kēḷuttadeyō? (prov.) by shouting one cannot establish truth.

the jack fruit (of Artocarpus integra) in its very early stage.

to empty the contents of the stomach through the mouth; to vomit.

(fig.) to pay unwillingly or unnecessarily; to pay back (usu. under coercion or compulsion by law) money one has swindled.

(fig.) to communicate freely to another without any inhibitions.

the tree Cassia fistula (= Carthartocarpus fistula) of Caesalpiniaceae family; Indian laburnum.

one's father's younger brother.