Alternative spellings of this word include Chivu.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Civu (चिवु).—m.

(-vuḥ) The chin: see the next. cīva saṃvaraṇe u-pṛṣo0 hrasvaḥ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Civu (चिवु):—(vuḥ) 2. m. The chin.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Civu (ಚಿವು):—[noun] a succession of quick, inarticulate, speech-like sounds of birds; the low chattering of birds (in group).

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Cīvu (ಚೀವು):—

1) [verb] to taper or sharpen one end of a writing-pencil.

2) [verb] to draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips, cheeks, and tongue; to suck.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Civuda, Civudike, Civudu, Civugannu, Civugudu, Civuka, Civukali, Civukam, Civukuli, Civumtu, Civunacavuna, Civupulukkotiyal, Civuru, Civurugaya, Civutu.

Ends with: Kacivu, Kurcivu, Manakkacivu, Mananacivu, Munnicivu, Nacivu, Narampicivu, Nocivu, Palaicivu, Parcivu, Pinnicivu, Pocivu, Puraiyicivu, Talaicivu, Tullicivu, Vacivu, Vayirricivu.

Full-text: Civuka, Talaicivu, Palaicivu, Civi, Civupulukkotiyal, Parcivu, Kurcivu.

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