Hili, Hiḷi: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hiḷi (ಹಿಳಿ):—

1) [verb] to take out the juice (from a fruit) by squeezing.

2) [verb] to emit, discharge, supply, pour, etc. profusely or steadily.

3) [verb] (fig.) to damage, injure or spoil making something useless or valueless.

4) [verb] to be spoiled, destroyed.

5) [verb] to remove, ward off or prevent (something evil).

6) [verb] to end another’s life; to kill.

7) [verb] to lose one’s strength, vigour or vitality.

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Hiḷi (ಹಿಳಿ):—[verb] to be split or separate (lengthwise) into two or more parts; to have long, narrow, deep cleft or crack.

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Hiḻi (ಹಿೞಿ):—[verb] = ಹಿಳಿ [hili]1.

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Hīli (ಹೀಲಿ):—

1) [noun] a feather of the long, brightly coloured upper tail of a peacock.

2) [noun] the brightly coloured upper tail coverts of a peacock, that can be spread like a fan.

3) [noun] the spot on a peacock’s tail feather; an eye.

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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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