the part of the face in humans hat contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passage for air in respiration, formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice or a part corresponding to this in animals; the nose.

the bill of a bird; beak.

the front end or point of termination.

the front part of a utensil.

the pointed end of a grain.

the condition of being not able to talk.

the front portion of a card where the yolk is fixed or tied.

ಮೂಗಿಲ್ಲದವಳಿಗೆ ಮೂಗುತಿ ಏಕೆ? mūgilladavaḷige mūguti ēke (prov.) why does anybody need something of which he or she has no use; ಮೂಗು ಹಿಡಿದರೆ ಬಾಯಿ ತಾನೇ ತೆರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ mūgu hiḍidre bāyi tānē tereyuttde (prov.) catch some vulnerable points, to get the truth out;ಮೂಗು ಮೇಲಾಗು mūgu mēlāgu to hold one's prestige high; ಮೂಗು ಹಾಕು mūgu hāku = ಮೂಗು ತೂರಿಸು; ಮೂಗು ಹಾಯಿಸು mūgu hāyisu = ಮೂಗು ತೂರಿಸು; ಮೂಗು ಹಿಡಿದು ಕೂರು mūgu hiḍidu kūru to depend on destiny, without putting forth the effort reqauired; ಮೂಗ ಕೊಯ್ mūga koy to bring shame or dishonour upon; to disgrace; ಮೂಗಿಗೆ ತುಪ್ಪ ಹಚ್ಚು mūgige tuppa haccu (fig.) something offered as a tantalizing but deceptive inducement; to lure; ಮೂಗು ಚಾಚು mūgu cācu = ಮೂಗು ತೂರಿಸು; ಮೂಗಿನವರೆಗೆ ಕೆಲಸ mūginavarege kelasa a restless, continuous work; ಮೂಗಿನವರೆಗೆ ಕುಡಿ mūginavarege kuḍi to drink (alholic liquors) beyond limit; ಮೂಗಿನಲಿ ಬೆರಳಿಡು mūginali beraḷiḍu = ಮೂಗಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೆರಳಿಡು; ಮೂಗಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೆರಳಿಡು mūgina mēle beraḷiḍu to be wonder-struck; ಮೂಗು ಹೋಗು mūgu hōgu to be disgraced; to lose one's respect, prestige; ಮೂಗಿಗೆ ಕವಡೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳು mūgige kavaḍe kaṭṭikoḷḷu (fig.) to work hard and without rest; ಮೂಗುಳ್ಳವ mūguḷḷava (fig.) a man having self-respect; a proud man; ಮೂಗುಮುರಿ mūgu muri to sneer at; to scorn; to turn up one's nose at; ಮೂಗಿನ ನೇರಕ್ಕೇ ಮಾತನಾಡು mūgina nērakkē mātanāḍu (fig.) to talk, propose, plant etc. for one's self-advantage; ಇಡೀ ಮುಳುಗಿದರೂ, ಮೂಗು ಮೇಲೆ iḍī muḷugidarū, mūgu mēle (prov.) argue even though vanquished; ಮೂಗು ತಿಕ್ಕು mūgu tikku (fig.) to become speechles, answerless; ಮೂಗು ತೂರಿಸು mūgu tūrisu (fig.) to intrude in other's affairs, without being invited or asked for; ಮೂಗು ತಿಕ್ಕಿಸು mūgu tikkisu (fig.) to make another speechless or answerless; ಮೂಗಿನ ತುದಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಕೋಪವಿರು mūgina tudiyallē kōpaviru to have a tendency to lose one's temper; to be easily or quickly angerd.

= ಮೂಗು.

(rightly, ಮುಖ) the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin; the face.

the mouth.

the point toward which something faces; direction.

the place or position directly before a person or thing; front.

confidence in oneself, one's own abilities, etc.; self-confidence.

the act or an instance of beginning; commencement.

the front portion of anything.

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

a boy or man as he is related to either or both of his parents; a son.

a term of endearment used by elders in addressing boys.

= ಮಘೆ.

name of an island;(?).

name of a country(?).

a particular medicinal substance(?).

a kind of flower (?).

a gift; a reward.

riches; wealth.

delight; joy; pleasure.

(rightly, ಮಾಘ) the coldest season (usu. the last two months of Hindu lunar calendar); the winter season.

Māgha, the eleventh month in the Hindu lunar calendar year.

= ಮಾಗ - 2.

= 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.