a hollow cylinder of reed, straw, wood or bamboo.

a long tube of clay, concrete, metal, plastic, etc., for conveying water, gas, oil, etc. or for use in construction.

an old measure of quantity, being a sixteenth part of a seer.

a device with a hand-operated valve for regulating the flow of liquid from a pipe, barrel, etc.; a tap; a faucet.

rice in the husk, the seed of the aquatic cereal grass Oryza sativa of Poaceae family; paddy.

a man in his old age; an old man.

an aged man.

a man of long experience in some occupation or position; a veteran.

the end of one's existence; death; cessasion.

the state of being defeated; a defeat.

= ಕೞಿಯಲರ್.

a woman in her old age; an old woman.

an old woman.

the advance stage in one's life; old-age.

= ಕೊೞವಿ.