Enu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Enu (ಎನು):—[verb] = ಎನ್ [en].

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Ēṇu (ಏಣು):—

1) [noun] an edge; a border.

2) [noun] the long, narrow top or crest formed by two different plains meeting at a point, as on the roof, mountains etc.; a ridge.

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Ēnu (ಏನು):—

1) [pronoun] used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the identity, nature or value of an object or matter.

2) [pronoun] often used to ask for repetition of an utterance or part of an utterance not properly heard or understood.

3) [pronoun] used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the character, nature, occupation, position or role of a person.

4) [pronoun] either or any, of the persons, things or events previously mentioned or implied.

5) [pronoun] ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ [enu illa] enūilla nothing; nothing at all; ಏನಕ್ಕೆ [enakke] ēnakke (a wrong but coll. form of ಏತಕ್ಕೆ [etakke]) why? what for? ಏನಕ್ಕೂ ಬಾರದ್ದು [enakku baraddu] ēnakkū bāraddu (fig.) to be utterly useless (for any purpose); ಏನೇ ಆಗಲಿ [ene agali] ēne āgali what ever happens; ಏನೇ ಆದರೂ [ene adaru] ēne ādarū whatever; b) something; ಏನೇನೂ [enenu] ēnēnū (used in negative sense) at all; in the last degree.

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Ēnu (ಏನು):—[adverb] for what reason, cause or purpose? with what motive? (as in ಏನು ಬಂದಿರಿ [enu bamdiri]?).

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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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