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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBekku (ಬೆಕ್ಕು):—
1) [noun] a small, supple, soft-furred, domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus of Felidae family, bred in a number of varieties; a cat.
2) [noun] ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಉಚ್ಚೆ ಗಿಡ [bekkina ucce gida] bekkina ucce giḍa the plant Lantana camara (var. aculeata) of Verbenaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಜ್ವರ ಬರುವ ಮಾತು [bekkige jvara baruva matu] bekkige jvara baruva mātu = (correctly) ಬೆಂಕಿಗೆ ಜ್ವರ ಬರುವ ಮಾತು [bemkige jvara baruva matu] (see under ಬೆಂಕಿ [bemki]); ಬೆಕ್ಕು ಕಣ್ಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಂಡು ಹಾಲು ಕುಡಿದಂತೆ [bekku kanmuccikomdu halu kudidamte] bekku kaṇmuccikoṇḍu hālu kuḍidante a simile to express that the doer of wrong things does not know that others are watching him or her; 'you dance in a net and think that no body sees you'; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಕಿಂಡಿ [bekkina kimdi] bekkina kiṇḍi (rightly, beḷakina kiṇḍi) an opening in the wall for light; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಗಂಟೆ ಕಟ್ಟು [bekkige gamte kattu] bekkige gaṇṭe kaṭṭu to attempt at a dangerous undertaking for the welfare of others; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ [bekkina hejje] bekkina hejje a walking without making any sound; a stealthy walk; 2. the plant Ipomoea cairica ( = I. palmata) of Convolvulaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಚೆಲ್ಲಾಟ, ಇಲಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಸಂಕಟ [bekkige cellata, ilige prana samkata] bekkige cellāṭa, ilige prāṇa saṃkaṭa the pleasures of the might are the tears of the poor; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ತರುಡಿನ ಗಿಡ [bekkina tarudina gida] bekkina taruḍina giḍa the plant Crotalaria calycina of Papilionaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ [bekkina hejje balli] bekkina hejje baḷḷi the plant Boerhaavia chinensis ( = B. repanda) of Nyctaginaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ತಲೆ ಗಿಡ [bekkina tale gida] bekkina tale giḍa the plant Sida veronicaefolia of Malvaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Bekkugannu, Bekkumalige.
Ends with (+3): Adavibekku, Ciratebekku, Cukkebekku, Harabekku, Hebbalabekku, Hulibekku, Kabbekku, Kabbubekku, Kabekku, Kadubekku, Kalbekku, Kasturibekku, Kerabekku, Kirabekku, Malabekku, Mamtabekku, Matabekku, Minubekku, Molabekku, Nirubekku.
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