a press or mill used to extract juice from sugarcane or oil from oil seeds.

ಗಾಣದ ಎತ್ತು gāṇada ettu an ox used to turn the heavy pestle of an oil mill; a miller's ox; 2. (fig.) a person engaged in a work that is hard, menial or tiresome; a workhorse; ಎಣ್ಣೆ ಬರುವಾಗ ಗಾಣ ಮುರೀತು eṇṇe baruvāga gāṇa murītu (prov.) misfortune times for itself when hard work is about to bring the fruit; ಗಾಣದೆತ್ತಿಗೆ ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಏಕೆ? ಗೋಣಿಗೆ ಗವಸಣಿಗೆ ಏಕೆ? gāṇadettige gejje ēke? gōṇige gavasṇige ēke? (prov.) a menial never needs a white collar coat.

a curved piece of wire or bone with a barbed end, for catching fish; a fish-hook.

(fig.) a person or device that is deadly.

the act or an instance of singing.

that which is sung; a song.

a man who sings; a singer.

the act of holding, seizing or capturing.

a thick thread, usu. made of jute, used in fastening the mouth of big bags either by tying or sewing.

a floor made for thrashing grains.

a battle-field.

a play ground.

a ground made ready for planting seeds or seedlings.

a piece of cloth for making blouse; a blouse-piece.

a broken piece of a grain.

a particle - a) an extremely small piece; tiny fragment; b) the slightest trace (as of truth, doubt); a speck.

a glowing bit of matter, esp. one thrown off by a fire.

a floor prepared for beating out grains from the harvested crop; a thrashing floor.

(hist.) a tax used to be levied on such floors.

an area prepared for wrestlers to fight, usu. surrounded by seats for spectators; an arena.

a sliding box in a table, chest, etc., that can be drawn out and then pushed back into place, used to keep small things; a drawer.

a piece of cloth for making a blouse; a blouse-piece.