rice in the husk; paddy.

a unit of measure (equal to the breadth of eight sesame seeds.

land, as distinguished from sea or sky; the ground; land.

the soft, granular or crumbly part of land; soil.

a piece of cleared land, set off or enclosed, for raising crops or pasturing livestock; field; farm-land.

a particular area or locality; a place.

a piece of land cleared and levelled for purpose of construction of a building; a site.

the whole land or territory of a nation or state; a country.

all the people on the earth.

an earthenware being made by a potter, yet to be finished.

ನೆಲಕ್ಕಿಕ್ಕು nelakkikku to demolish or destroy; 2. to keep on the ground or floor. 3. (fig.) to tear down completely; to level to the ground; to demolish completely; ನೆಲಗಣ್ಣ nelagaṇṇa the sun; ನೆಲದ ಪಡೆ nelada paḍe a branch of an army composed of soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot; infantry; ನೆಲದವ್ವ neladavva the Mother-Earth (the earth is personified as a woman); ನೆಲಮಕ್ಕಳ್ nela makkaḷ (pl.) people engaged in farming; farmers; ನೆಲಕಚ್ಚಿ ಆಡು. nela kacci āḍu to play (a game, as in cricket) grittily and determinedly.

= ನೇಲು1.

= ನಲವು.

the reed Amphidonas kurka.

a sweet, pleasing scent; fragrance.

the fiftieth of the sixty years of the Hindu cycle of years.

a species of fish.

good; excellent.

beautiful; charming.

pleasing; agreeable; suitable; beneficial.

sweet; tasty.

sharp; keen; honed.

ample; sufficient; adequate.

made or consisting of reeds.

the hollow stalk of some plants as lotus.

any hollow tube of metal, glass, rubber, etc.

any of the tube-like structures in the body as windpipe, oesophagus, etc.

that part of a tool, utensil, etc meant to be held by hand while being used; a handle.

a narrow, long bed bound on both sides by embankment, made for water to run through; a channel.

arsenic trisulfide, As2S3 , having a lemon-yellow colour and a resinous lustre which is used as a pigment; yellow orpiment.

a long, flat shaft used as a lever to propel a boat; an oar.

a metal plate nailed to the hooves of oxen, horses, etc. for protection; a shoe.

a payment made or to be made by the players of the game of chance to the person who runs the club.

(in comp.) four.