a thin, fine silk cloth used during winter to cover the shoulders, back and the chest.

a false reason or motive put forth to hide the real one; an excuse; a pretext.

a kind of musical instrument (a percussion instrument ?).

a cause; a reason.

deep or intense sorrow; grief.

the reddish-brown or reddish-yellow coating formed on iron or steel by oxidation, as during exposure to air and moisture; any coating or film formed on any other metal by oxidation or corrosion; rust.

a movable structure for opening or closing an entrance, as to a building or room, that usu. turns on hinges; a door.

ಕದ ತಿನ್ನುವವನಿಗೆ ಹಪ್ಪಳ ಈಡೆ? kada tinnuvavanige happaḷa īḍe? hewho has eaten up a vat asks for the pipkin; ಕದ ತಿನ್ನುವವರ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಪ್ಪಳ ಬಾಳುವುದೇ? kada tinnuvavara maneyalli happaḷa bāḷuvudē? = ಕದ ತಿನ್ನುವವನಿಗೆ ಹಪ್ಪಳ ಈಡೆ?

a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general level of the ground; a cloud.

a style or way of forming letters and words in writing; a hand-writing.

something written by hand as a letter.

a man who writes, esp. whose work or occupation is writing; a writer.

the urine (usu. of an animal); ಗತಗತ ನಾರು gata gata nāru to give off a strong, stinking smell.

(fig.) (a situation, condition) to be abhorrent, unbearable; to be offensive socially or morally.