to remove or divide into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; to cut; to sever.

(a woman) to get her head shaved, following the death of her husband.

(a widow) to cover her head with the upper part of her sari (a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

(fig.) to destroy; to demolish; to ruin.

(fig.) to pay an amount of money (unwillingly, as a fine, punishment, etc.).

the new, tender growth putforth by a plant or seed.

that from which something comes into existence, develops; the source.

= ಮಸಿ.

black colour.

a piece of charcoal.

blackness caused by dark smoke.

any medicated preparation for the eyes; collyrium.

a line, dot or mark made with a piece of charcoal.

a coloured liquid used for writing, drawing, etc.; ink.

fine soot produced by the incomplete combustion of oils and other forms of carbon: used as a pigment in paint, ink, etc.; lamp-black.

a blackish mixture of sulfur, potassium nitrate, and charcoal, used as a charge in cartridges; gun-powder.

anything that is besmirched with smut, charcoal or any other black dirt.

ಮಸಿ ನುಂಗಿಹೋಗು masi nungi hōgu (fig.) to be spoiled completely; ಮಸಿ ಹಚ್ಚು masi haccu = ಮಸಿಬಳಿ; ಮಸಿಯೂಟ masiyūṭa a feast arranged for the bride's relative in the house of the bridegroom; ಮಸಿಯುರುಳೆ masiyuruḷe a roller that spreads ink evenly on a printing plate, in a printing machine; ಮಸಿಯಿಡು masiyiḍu = ಮಸಿಬಳಿ; 2. to besmirch with black smoke; ಮಸಿಯಾಗು masiyāgu to be besmirched with black smoke (said of vessels). 2. to be charred from burning completely; ಮಸಿಯ ಗುಳ್ಳೆ masiya guḷḷe = ಮಸಿಯ ಕುಡಿಕೆ; ಮಸಿಬಳಿ masi baḷi (fig.) to bring dishonour to; to tarnish; to sully; ಮಸಿಯ ಕುಡಿಕೆ masiya kuḍike a small container for ink.

to brighten by or as by rubbing; to polish.

to make sharp or sharper; to sharpen.

to struggle to establish one's superiority, excellence over another; to vie.

to become intense or more intense.

to dislike intensely; to hate.

to destroy or demolish.

keenness, sharpness (of a cutting weapon).

brightness; radiance;lustre.

wild or frantic outburst of feeling or action; the state of violent mental agitation; frenzy.

intense dislike; hatred.

a superficial wound.

the bean plant Phaseolus aureus ( = P. radiatus) of Papilionaceae family.

its edible pulse.

a particular weight, equal to 1.2 grm. (used in weighment of gold).

an annual pulse plant , Phaseolus mungo of Papilionaceae family.

its black seedpod; black gram.

the tree Alseodaphane semicarpifolia of Lauraceae family.

the tree Sterculia villosa of Sterculiaceae family.

= ಮಾಷ 1, 2, 3 & 4.

intense anger; wrath; ire.