Emjalu, Eṃjalu, Enjalu, Eñjalu: 1 definition

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Eṃjalu (ಎಂಜಲು):—

1) [noun] the left-over in a dining plate; anything that has come into contact with the mouth, tongue or teeth or the hands of the person while taking food (considered defiled).

2) [noun] the saliva spit out.

3) [noun] anything that has been consumed, enjoyed, by another.

4) [noun] (fig.) money or favour received for having shown some favour illegally or wrongly; bribe;5) [noun] ಎಂಜಲಕುಳಿ [emjalakuli] eñjalakuḷi a hallow or depression in the ground to spit the saliva, to dump the left-overs in a dining plate or leaves on which food is taken; ಎಂಜಲಕುೞಿ [emjalakuli] eñjalakułi = ಎಂಜಲಕುಳಿ [emjalakuli]; ಎಂಜಲಮಾತು [emjalamatu] eñjalamātu speech, sayings, words repeated by one, spoken by another earlier; ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಹೇಸದವಳು ತಂಗಳು ಬಿಟ್ಟಾಳೆಯೇ [emjalige hesadavalu tamgalu bittaleye]? eñjalige hēsadavaḷu taŋgaḷu biṭṭāḷeyē? (prov.) an agreement with wretchedness never abhors servility; ಎಂಜಲು ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಕಾಗೆ ಹೊಡೆಯದಿರು [emjalu kaiyimda kage hodeyadiru] eñjalu kaiyinda kāge hoḍeyadiru (prov.) to be very mean and miserly; not allow water slip through one’s grasp; ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಕೈಯೊಡ್ಡು [emjalige kaiyoddu] eñjalige kaiyoḍḍu (derog.) to plead for money, to serve another abjectly for money at the cost of one’s self-respect; to behave obsequiously; to cringe; ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಬಾಯಿಬಿಡು [emjalige bayibidu] eñjalige bāyibiḍu (derog.) to behave humbly or abjectly for some benefit or favour from another; ಎಂಜಲು ತಿನ್ನು [emjalu tinnu] eñjalau tinnu = ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಕೈಯೊಡ್ಡು [emjalige kaiyoddu]; ಎಂಜಲು ನೆಕ್ಕು [emjalu nekku] eñjalau nekku = ಎಂಜಲಿಗೆ ಕೈಯೊಡ್ಡು [emjalige kaiyoddu].

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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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