(a fruit) to become ripe; to grow and fully develop; to become ready to be harvested and used.

to become fully or highly developed by study, experience; to gain maturity as in judgement, knowledge, etc.

an infant; a baby; a child.

ಮಕ್ಕಳತಾಯಿ makkaḷa tāyi the scandent, thorny shrub Asparagus racemosus of Liliaceae family; wild carrot; climbing asparagus; ಮಕ್ಕಳಾಟ makkaḷāṭa any very simple task; 2. trivial, frivolous behaviour; ಮಕ್ಕಳಾಟಿಕೆ makkaḷāṭike = ಮಕ್ಕಳಾಟ; 2. any article for children to play with; 3. a thing of little value or importance; ಮಕ್ಕಳುಮರಿ makkaḷu mari very young children in gen.; ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗ makkaḷondiga a man having many children; ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗಳು makkaḷondigaḷu = ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗಿತ್ತಿ; ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗಿತ್ತಿ makkaḷondigitti a woman having many children.

= ಮಕ್ಕಿ1.

= ಮಕ್ಷಿ.

the tree Garcinia morella of Guttiferae family; Mysore gamboge.

the black thing formed at the burning tip of a wick.

an elaborate celeboration in which oblations are given to a deity or several deities to propitiate them; a religious sacrifice.

= ಮಕ್ಕಿ1.

a variable, multiple star, the brightest one in the constellation Leo, with a magnitude of 1.3; Regulus.

the rain that comes during the period in which the moon is associated with this star.

name of a festival.

a not-so-fertile irrigated land, where paddy is grown.