a gum exuded by some kinds of acacia and used as glue; the gum acacia.

(gen.) any synthetic gum used as glue.

= ಗೊಂದಿ.

a place of origin.

a prefixed place for meeting; rendezvous.

the place to be reached or toward which someone or something is going or sent; a destination.

a shelter or shed for cattle; a cow-shed.

a long, narrow, hollow structure for holding fodder-grass for cattle, where they are tied to a post, in a cattle-shed.

the line separating two villages, towns, etc.; the border.

a rule or any set of rules of conduct; a code.

that which is known, understood.

knowledge got from personal experience, dealing with; acquaintance.

an identification mark.

that which is known widely; a famous thing.

(fig.) the external genital organ of the female; the female pudendum; vulva.

a place, in a river, where water is deep.

a black oil used to anoint some stone idols.

a female Jaina ascetic.

Manmatha, the Love-God.

the organ maintaining the circulation of blood in the body; the heart.

fellow-feeling or sorrow for sufferings of another; compassion; favour; mercy; love.

a storehouse for threshed grain; a granary.

a bundle of hay, harvested crop, etc.

a false statement or statements made with an intention to deceive another or others;ಕಂತೆಕಟ್ಟು k antekaṭṭu to make into a bundle; wrap or tie together.

(fig.) to move from or leave one's place.

a set date, as for payment, termination of tenancy, etc.; a term.

a premium; an instalment - a) the amount payable or paid, in one sum or periodically, for an insurance policy; b) any of the parts of a debt or other sum of money to be paid at regular times over a specified period.

a coat or a blanket of a mendicant or beggar, made of rags.

a long side-bag of a mendicant or beggar.

a useless and boring narration.

ಕಂಥೆಗೆ ಚಳಿ ಬರುವ ಮಾತು kanthege caḷi baruva mātu a saying which narrates some unnatural happening or impractical event.

a young child.

a young of cow or of any other animal.

a term of affection used in addressing a younger person.

a waste piece of cloth, esp. one that is old or torn; a mendicaṇṭs coat made of rags.

a long side-bag, hung on a shoulder by a beggar or mendicant.

the human body.

a mud-wall (of a house).

(fig.) useless chat, discussion, etc.

(fig.) (pl.) trivial or mundane things; ಕಂತೆಕಟ್ಟು k antekaṭṭu (fig.) to die; to kick the bucket; ಕಂತೆಬೊಂತೆ k antebonte (dupl.) of ಕಂತೆ2; ಕಂತೆವೊಗೆ k antevoge (fig.) to die; to kick the bucket; ಕಂತೆಬಿಚ್ಚು k antebiccu (fig.) to begin narrating unnecessary details in a boring manner; ಕಂತೆಮಾತು k ante mātu idle or useless talk; ಕಂತೆಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಬೊಂತೆ k antege takka bonte only people of like character mingle together.