Gomtu, Goṃṭu, Gontu, Goṇṭu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Goṃṭu (ಗೊಂಟು):—

1) [noun] the point toward which something faces or the line along which something moves or lies; a direction.

2) [noun] any of the directions (as pointed by the compass).

3) [noun] the narrow inside space made by two walls of a building joined together forming an angle; a corner.

4) [noun] the border of a garment or piece of cloth made by folding the edge and sewing it down; hem.

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Goṃtu (ಗೊಂತು):—

1) [noun] a place of origin.

2) [noun] a prefixed place for meeting; rendezvous.

3) [noun] the place to be reached or toward which someone or something is going or sent; a destination.

4) [noun] a shelter or shed for cattle; a cow-shed.

5) [noun] a long, narrow, hollow structure for holding fodder-grass for cattle, where they are tied to a post, in a cattle-shed.

6) [noun] the line separating two villages, towns, etc.; the border.

7) [noun] a rule or any set of rules of conduct; a code.

8) [noun] that which is known, understood.

9) [noun] knowledge got from personal experience, dealing with; acquaintance.

10) [noun] an identification mark.

11) [noun] that which is known widely; a famous thing.

12) [noun] (fig.) the external genital organ of the female; the female pudendum; vulva.

13) [noun] a place, in a river, where water is deep.

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Gōṃṭu (ಗೋಂಟು):—

1) [noun] the point toward which something faces or the line along which something moves or lies; a direction.

2) [noun] any of the directions (as pointed by the compass).

3) [noun] the narrow inside space made by two walls of a building joined together forming an angle; a corner.

4) [noun] the border of a garment or piece of cloth made by folding the edge and sewing it down; hem.

context information

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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