thick; stout; fat.

a short, thick stick; a cudgel; a club.

ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ನ್ಯಾಯ doṇṇe nyāya the strongest make the rule to suit them, the weak can never question; ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ಭಾಗವತ doṇṇe bhāgavata a stout, lazy fellow; ಕಂಕುಳಲ್ಲಿ ದೊಣ್ಣೆ, ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶರಣಾರ್ಥಿ kankuḷalli doṇṇe, kaiyalli śaraṇārthi (prov.) he speaks with a honeyed-tongue, but acts in a harmful way; ಕುಂಬಾರನಿಗೆ ವರುಷ, ದೊಣ್ಣೆಗೆ ನಿಮಿಷ kumbāranige varuṣa, doṇṇege nimiṣa while it takes lot of effort and time for making, it takes hardly any time or effort to break it; ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ಹಿಂಡಿದರೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆಯೇ? doṇṇe hiṇḍidare eṇṇe baruttadeyē great labour without wisdom will not yield required result; oil cannot be extracted from sand.

a kind of lizard, (Lacerta cristata =/ Chamaeles vulgaris) belonging to the Chamaeleontidae family, with an angular head, prehensile tail, eyes that move independently of each other, the ability to change skin colour rapidly, and a long, agile tongue for catching prey; a chameleon.

farm animals collectively; cattle; livestock.

any one of them.

an amount of worldly possessions, esp. money or valued property; wealth.

ದನದ ಮೈಲಿ dadnada maili a contagious disease affecting the udders of cattle, the virus contained in which is used to inoculated to people immunising against smallpox;

ದನ ಕಾಯಿ dana kāyi to take the cattle out for grazing; 2. (used scornfully) 'you are good for nothing' or 'do something that does not require the brain.

standard pieces of gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc., stamped by government authority and used as a medium of exchange and measure of value; money.

riches; wealth.

the livestock, considered as wealth.

(Astrol.) the second house from one's birth house in the zodiac.

(math.) a plus sign; '+' 6) (astrol.) the remainder got when the area of a building site is multiplied by 2/3, which is used to foretell the luckiness or otherwise of the dwellers of the building to be constructed thereon.

= ತಾಣ.

a thread, fibre.

the elaboration of a mode of music (rāga) in an organised and gradual manner.

(fig.) a monotonous, tiresome speech.

the act of donating, gifting.

that which is so given.

a giving of bribery, as one of the four expedients used to weaken or defeat one's enemy.

the liquid exuded from the temples of an elephant in sexual excitement.

base form of the pronoun (corresponding to he, she, it in English) used in reflexive or reciprocal sense

ತಾನು ಮಾಡುವುದು ಉತ್ತಮ, ಮಗ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಮಧ್ಯಮ, ಆಳುಮಾಡುವುದು ಹಾಳು tānu māḍuvudu uttama, maga māḍuvudu madhyama,āḷu māḍuvudu hāḷu (prov.) self-done is well done; ತಾನು ಹಿಡಿದ ಮೊಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮೂರು ಕೊಂಬು tānu hiḍida molakke mūru kombu (prov.) all that one does must be right; all that he says is law; ತಾನೂ ತಿನ್ನ, ಬೇರೆಯವರಿಗೂ ಕೊಡ tānū tinna, bēreyavarigū koḍa (prov.) he neither enjoys, nor does he allow others enjoy.

to become cool or colder; to lose temperature.