to make a dent, wound with a pointed weapon (as a knife, dagger, etc.).

to make or shape by or as by cutting, chipping, hewing, etc; to carve.

to grind into shreds or particles by scraping; to grate.

to feel pain, grief; to suffer.

to become abnormally lean; to become emaciated.

a screen or shade, usu. of cloth stretched over a folding radial frame, carried for protection against the rain or sun; an umbrella; a parasol.

an umbrella like thing used as a symbol of royal dignity.

a ring of light that seems to encircle the sun, moon or other luminous body, which is the result of the refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere; a halo.

ಅಲ್ಪನಿಗೆ ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ಬಂದರೆ ಅರ್ಧ ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಡೆ ಹಿಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ alpanige aiśvarya bandare ardha rātriyalli koḍe hiḍisikoṇḍa (prov.) a petty man displays his vanity ostensibly or in a vulgar manner.

= ಕೊಡುಗೆ2 -1.

a high wall, insurmountable or difficult to surmount from outside, built round a palace, town, etc., equipped with earthworks, for defence against attack; a rampart.

ಕೋಟೆ ಹೋದಮೇಲೆ ಪಹರೆ ಕಾದರು kōṭe hōdamēle pahare kādaru (prov.) to prescribe preventive medicine after the patient is dead; to try to stop the leak after the entire wine is run out; shut the stable door when the steed is stolen.

an upright structure of stone, brick, etc., (having a length much greater than the thickness) being a support to the roof, upper floor or floors, serving as a partition of a building, serving to enclose an area, to separate fields, etc.; a wall.

ಗೋಡೆಗೆ ಕಿವಿಯಿರು gōḍege kiviyiru (fig.) a place having persons who overhear and leak out; ಗೋಡೆಗೆ ತಲೆ ಚಚ್ಚಿಕೊ/ಹಾಯಿ gōḍege tale cacciko/hāyi to react helplessly in frustration.

= ಘೋಟ.

(dial.) cold wind blowing from the west during winter season.

summer season.

a cap made of soft wool.

having a sharp or strong taste or smell, esp. so as to produce a pricking sensation; pungent; acrid.

bitter; virulent.

that burns or corrodes organic tissue; caustic.

sarcastic, biting (said of words, remarks etc.); reproaching, abusing harshly.

disagreeable; unpleasant (said of behaviour).

hot; impetuous; acting without reasoning.

a kind of tax (now obs.).