Attige, Aṭṭige: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṭṭige (ಅಟ್ಟಿಗೆ):—[noun] (dial.) a three-legged wooden stool used while winnowing in the field.

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Attige (ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ):—

1) [noun] an elder brotheṛs wife.

2) [noun] one’s husband’s elder sister.

3) [noun] one’s wife’s elder sister.

4) [noun] a respectful or affectionate mode of addressing a woman;5) [noun] ಅಣ್ಣ ನಮ್ಮವನಾದರೆ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮವಳೆ [anna nammavanadare attige nammavale]? aṇṇa nammavanādare a ttige nammavaḷe (prov.) one’s brother may have the affection, but not his wife; ಬಡವನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ [badavana hemdati urigella attige] baḍavana heṇḍati ūrigellā a ttige (prov.) every one takes lenience with the poor; ಅತ್ತೆಯ ಕಾಟಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆಯ ನೋಟ ಕಷ್ಟ [atteya katakkimta attigeya nota kashta] atteya kāṭakkinta attigeya nōṭa kaṣṭa (prov.) it is the people in the second line who dominate more than the head of a family or organisation.

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Attige (ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ):—

1) [noun] an affectionate woman.

2) [noun] a woman in love or a woman who has been loved.

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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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