= ನಲುಗು1.

amounting to four in number.

(in comp.) not many; a small number of; few.

ನಾಲ್ಕುನೀರು nālku nīru the bath taken by woman on the fourth day of the menstruation; ನಾಲ್ಕುಗಂಟೆ ಹೂ nālku gaṇṭe hū the flower of the plant Mirabilis jalapa of Nyctaginaceae family; 2. (loosely) the plant itself; ನಾಲ್ಕೊಪ್ಪತ್ತು1 nālkoppattu during or for a few days; ನಾಲ್ಕೊಪ್ಪತ್ತು2 nālkoppattu an unspecified, but short duration; a few days.

the cardinal number four; 4;

ನಾಲ್ಕರ ಚಳಿ nālkara caḷi a particular disease that recurs regularly every fourth day; ನಾಲ್ಕುಗೆಯ್ nālkugey to divide into four parts; 2. to increase a quantity four times.

a kind of fragrant substance.

regulated vibration of the voice (while singing).

= ನಲ್ಮೆ.

to be or become wrinkled.

to shake (oneself) slightly.

(said of a girl or woman) to trifle or dally to attract meṇs attraction.

to be distressed; to undergo pain, suffering, discomfort, etc.

to become lean; to be emaciated.

to bend one's head or body in respect, worship, etc.; to bow.

a length of a hollow pipe of glass, rubber or metal, for conveying fluids; a tube.

a cage made of hollow pipes.

a length of a hollow pipe of glass, rubber or metal, for conveying fluids; a tube.

a weaveṛs shuttle.

a fully grown bamboo.

a large bamboo, used as a container.

a kind of perfume.

any long bone of the body, as the tibia or the radius of the arm.