a body of still water formed naturally or by hollowing or embanking; a pond; a lake.

a tub, now usu. a bathroom fixture to take a bath in; a bath-tub.

a place where converging sides or edges meet; the internal space or recess formed by the meeting of two walls; a corner.

a stick used to play drums; a drum-stick.

a rod with horse-hair stretched along its length, used for playing the violin, cello, sārangi, etc.; a bow.

the blade of a sword.

a stick; a club; a cudgel.

(astrol.) the planet Saturn.

the planet Mars.

the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point, the vertex or by two planes meeting along an edge; an angle.

the vertex of a compass, where both the legs are connected.

a male buffalo.

(fig.) an inactive, lazy man.

(fig.) a stupid man; a pig-head.

ಕೋಣನ ಮುಂದೆ ಕಿನ್ನರಿ ಬಾರಿಸು kōṇana munde kinnari bārisu (fig.) to try to explain something or advise in absolute vain; to waste one's effort in making another understand or appreciate; ಕೋಣನೆರಡುಂ ಹೋರೆ ಮಿಳ್ತು ಗಿಡುವಿಂಗೆ kōṇaneraḍum hōre miḷtu giḍuvinge when two big persons fight, helpless are the sufferers; when elephants fight, the mousedeer between them is killed; ಕೋಣ ಬೆಳೆದರೆ ಆನೆ ಆದೀತೆ? kōṇa beḷedare āne ādīte (prov.) an ant-hill, however big it grows, cannot challenge the Everest.

(dial.) a piece of unsewn cloth used as underwear; a loin-cloth.

= ಗೋಣು.

the part of the face in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration; the nose.

= ಗೋಣು.

the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point, the vertex or by two planes meeting along an edge; an angle.

the space between or within, such lines or planes.

the measure of this space, expressed in degrees.

the north-west quarter.

a space within a building enclosed by walls or separated from other similar spaces by walls or partitions; a room.

a room or place for the preparation and cooking of food; a kitchen.

the hard, solid, non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is composed; a piece of this; a stone.

the act of seeing; vision.

something supposedly seen by other than normal sight; something perceived in a dream, trance, etc. or supernaturally revealed, as to a prophet.

the act or habit of telling the same thing repeatedly (in a boring manner).

ಕಣಿ ಮಾಡು kaṇi māḍu to putforth untenable reasons just to postpone doing something; ಕಣಿ ಹೇಳು kaṇi hēḷu to predict something supposedly seen by other than normal sight; something perceived in a dream, trance, etc. or supernaturally revealed, as to a prophet; to foretell.