Emme: 2 definitions

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Emme means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

1) Emme (“buffalo”) is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Kurubas (a tribe of South India). The Kurubas are sub-divided into clans or gumpus, each having a headman or guru called a gaudu, who gives his name to the clan. And the clans are again sub-divided into gotras or septs (viz., Emme).

2) Emme is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Madigas (the great leather-working caste of the Telugu country). The Madiga people sometimes call themselves Jambavas, and claim to be descended from Jambu or Adi Jambuvadu, who is perhaps the Jambuvan of the Ramayana.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Emme (ಎಮ್ಮೆ):—

1) [noun] a slow, powerful buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, native to South Asia, Malaya, and the Philippine Islands, having a pair of large, strong horns growing from the sides of the head, domesticated and reared for milk and used as a draft animal; [಻] she-buffalo.

2) [noun] (fig.) a person who is slow in action, slow-witted and insensitive.

3) [noun] (chiefly in composition) a big or large one.

4) [noun] ಎಮ್ಮೆಚರ್ಮದವನು [emmecarmadavanu](ಳು, ರು [lu, ru]) emme charmadavanu(ḷu, ru) (fig.) a man (or woman or persons) slow-witted, insensitive and deliberately indifferent to blame, criticism, insults, etc.; a thick-skinned man (woman, person); ಎಮ್ಮೆಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿರು [emmeya hage biddukomdiru] emmeya hāge biddukoṇḍiru to sleep very well; to sleep like a log; ಎಮ್ಮೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಳೆಹುಯ್ದಹಾಗೆ [emme mele malehuydahage] emme mēle maḷe huyda hāge (prov.) (proverbial analogy) like providing comfort to a lazy person, which would further slow down the work being done by him or her; ಎಮ್ಮೆಗೆ ಎರಡು ಕೊಂಬಾದರೆ, ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಗೆ ಎಂಟು ಕೋಡು [emmege eradu kombadare, hemmege emtu kodu] emmege eraḍu kombādare, hemmege eṇṭu kōḍu (prov.) haughtiness is more offensive than the spear; ಎಮ್ಮೆಯ ಉಚ್ಚೆ ಇರುವೆಗೆ ಜಲಪ್ರಳಯ [emmeya ucce iruvege jalapralaya] emmeya ucce iruvege jalapraḷaya (prov.) even petty difficulties may be disastrous for fragile persons.

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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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