Ame: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ame (ಅಮೆ):—

1) [noun] the day on which the moon is between the earth and the sun, with its dark side toward the earth; the new moon-day.

2) [noun] the last of the sixteen digits of the moon.

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Ame (ಅಮೆ):—[noun] (dial.) the religious impurity, defilement, due to birth of a baby in the family.

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Āme (ಆಮೆ):—

1) [noun] any of a large and widely distributed order (Testudines) of terrestrial or aquatic reptiles having a toothless beak and a soft body encased in a tough shell into which, in most species, the head, tail, and four legs may be withdrawn; a turtle; a tortoise.

2) [noun] ಆಮೆನಡಗೆ [amenadage] āme naḍage a walking of or like a tortoise; 2. (fig.) a very slow advancement; snail’s pace.

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Āme (ಆಮೆ):—[noun] uncooked or raw food articles.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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