to perceive or sense (sounds), esp. through stimulation of auditory nerves in the ear by sound waves; to hear.

to listen attentively to and consider.

to be informed of; be told; to learn.

to agree to or accept (an advice).

to ask a question or questions of; to interrogate; to put queries to.

to demand explanation (from a person responsible).

to ask for as charity or as a gift.

to ask for earnestly as a kindness or favour.

to be heard.

ಕೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳು kēḷikoḷḷu to ask (to know about); 2. to beg humbly; to beseech earnestly; to entreat; to implore;ಕೇಳಿಬರು k ēḷibaru to be heard.

the act or an instance of stealing; theft.

a floor made for thrashing grains; a thrashing floor.

a wide area where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

a place where game or games are played; a play-ground.

a bed made for planting plants (esp. seedlings).

a quantity of thread or yarn wound in a coil; skein.

= ಕಳ್2.

a man who habitually steals or is guilty of theft; a thief.

the juice that circulates through a plant, esp. a woody plant, bearing water, food, etc. to the tissues; the plant sap.

toddy - a) the sweet sap of various East Indian palms, used as a beverage b) an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting this sap.

a person guilty of or likely to commit great crimes; an evil or wicked person; a scoundrel; a villain.

a man unable to speak, usu. because of a congenital defect or deafness; a dumb man.

to commit or get by, theft; to take or appropriate (another's property, ideas, etc.) without permission, dishonestly or unlawfully, esp. in a secret or surreptitious manner; to steal; to thieve.

ಕಳ್ವಾಳ್ kaḷvāḷa person who habitually steals or is guilty of theft; a thief.