in a place or on a level below another.

inferior in rank, authority or dignity.

a wooden pin used to insert a) in to the hole of the latch of a door for preventing it from being opened or b) in to the hole of a yoke to hold the cord preventing from an ox disengaging itself from the yoke.

a forest (only in comp.).

that which is low, mean, base or inferior in quality.

a sharp pointed iron stick used to drive an elephant.

= ಕೞಿ1.

a slender hollow bamboo, with holes along its length, used as a musical instrument; a musical bamboo-pipe.

a thick liquid food made by boiling rice, ragi (finger millet) or jowar flour in water; a kind of porridge.

soft mud; slush; soggy earth.

= ಕಾೞು2.

the colour of coal or pitch; black colour.

to grow or become ripe; to ripe.

to advance in age; to become old.

to lose strength, vigor, etc. (as in advanced age).