the tip of the palm; the tip of the middle finger.

a young man.

= ಕುದಿ3.

the act of moving up and down; a leaping forward; a jumping.

a small quantity of food, taken in hand for eating.

a morsel of food put into another's hand.

(fig.) help, sustenance, (esp. in respect of food), received in the early stages of one's life from another.

ಕೈತುತ್ತು ತಿಂದು ಬೆಳೆದಿರು kai tuttu tindu beḷediru to have been fostered or helped by another (esp. by a woman) in the early stages of one'slife.

to raise a weapon (as to strike someone with it).

consumed as food; eaten.

said; told; narrated.

uttered; spoken; told.