a wall (as of a fort) on a mound or elevated earth.

= ಕೊಂಚ1.

either of the two fleshy, rounded parts at the back of the hips; the buttock; the posterior; the rump.

a kind of wading bird with a long neck, long legs, and a long, tapered bill, living along marshes and river banks; a kind of heron.

= ಗೊಂಚಲು.

a metal belt (usu. of silver or gold) worn round the waist by a woman, more as an ornament than for holding the clothing up.

a town in the south-eastern part of India (TamiḷNāḍu).

ಕಂಚಿಗೆ ಹೋದರೂ ಮಂಚಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಲ್ಕೇ ಕಾಲು kancige hōdarū mancakke nālkē kalu a stupid person never becomes wise; an ox remains an ox even if driven to Vienna.

a bronze jug for holding liquids, esp. water.

a hard round seed of Guilandina bonucella (molucca bean) or a small ball of stone, glass, clay, lac etc., used as a toy.

= ಕಂಚುಕ - 1.

the edge, toward the ground, of a thatched roof.