the chief of a village or town.

a man of (usu. social) prominence.

a person who cuts hair and shaves or trims beards of as an occupation; a barber.

= ಕಾರಾಮಣಿ.

the plant Vigna unguiculata (= V. catjang, = V. sinensis, = Dolichos sinensis, = D. catjang) of papilionaceae family; cowpea plant.

the pea of that plant; cowpea.

a devouted or sincere worker.

a brilliant precious variety of corundum of beautiful blue; sapphire.

a small glass beed (these beeds are stringed as a necklace and worn by women).

a clear, deep-blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone; sapphire.

the act or an instance of moving; a move; movement.

taking or taken place by almost imperceptible steps or degrees; developing or developed little by little, not sharply or suddenly; gradually.

a flat, square piece of wood with a handle, for levelling and smoothening a plastered wall; a hawk.

the small tree Elaeocarpus amoenus of Elaeocarpaceae family.