belonging to or coming from the gods; divine; celestial; godly.

the God or any god.

any minor deity.

one's master, lord or employer.

the good or favourable effect of virtuous deeds of one's previous lives, being enjoyed in the present life.

the supposed disembodied spirit of a dead person, believed to cause evil to human beings; a ghost; a devil.

(dial.) a group of elders of a clan.

much richness; wealth.

ದೈವದ ಕೊಡಿ daivada koḍi a banner of a deity.

a kitchen-vessel of metal, usu. broad, shallow, used for frying; a frying pan.

a woodland; a forest.

wild-fire destructing a forest; forest-conflagration.

fire in gen.

the plant Plumbago zeylanica of Plumbaginaceae family; white lead wort.

a male human being; a man.

a man as related to a woman to whom he is married; a husband.

a master, owner, lord or employer.

the quality of being hot; hotness; heat.

any substance used as a drug in curing or preventing a disease, healing or relieving pain, etc.; a medicine.

an extensive tract of land having a thick and wild growth of trees and underbush; a forest.

a big, destructive fire; forest-fire; conflagration.

the iron band of a cart-wheel.

legal action to secure justice in a court of law; a case before a law-court; a law-suit.

ದಾವಾ ಹೂಡು dāvāhūḍu to file a petition in a court of law; ದಾವಾ ಅರ್ಜಿ dāvāarji a formal, written application filed in a court of law seeking legal action against; a petition; ದಾವಾ ಮಾಡು dāva māḍu = ದಾವಾ ಹೂಡು; ದಾವಾ ಸೊತ್ತು dāvāsottu a property involved in a law-suit; ದಾವಾ ಹಾಕು dāvāhāku = ದಾವಾ ಹೂಡು.