Hottu, Hoṭṭu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hoṭṭu (ಹೊಟ್ಟು):—[verb] to split or burst due to pressure from within.

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Hoṭṭu (ಹೊಟ್ಟು):—

1) [noun] the dry outer covering of various grain; husk.

2) [noun] (fig.) a worthless thing.

3) [noun] a false statement made deliberately to deceive another or others.

4) [noun] any dry substance in the form of very fine, dustlike particles, produced by crushing, grinding, etc.

5) [noun] little scales or flakes of dead skin formed on the scalp.

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Hottu (ಹೊತ್ತು):—

1) [verb] (fire, a lamp, etc.) to get lighted; to be ignited.

2) [verb] to be consumed by fire; to be burned.

3) [verb] to cause something to be consumed or destroyed by fire; to burn.

4) [verb] (food) to get charred at the bottom of the vessel, by being overheated.

5) [verb] to become dry; to lose moisture, water content, etc.

6) [verb] to come to pass; to happen; to befall.

7) [verb] to start doing, acting, going, etc.; to get under way; to begin.

8) [verb] to become severe, unbearable, rigorous, etc.

9) [verb] to become anxious or excited.

10) [verb] to undergo (something painful or unpleasant, as injury, grief, a loss, etc.); be afflicted with; to suffer.

11) [verb] to cause to undergo suffering; to afflict.

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Hottu (ಹೊತ್ತು):—[verb] to stick on to (as a blame).

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Hottu (ಹೊತ್ತು):—

1) [noun] the fact of being burning or consumed by fire.

2) [noun] that which is burned or charred.

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Hottu (ಹೊತ್ತು):—

1) [noun] the sun.

2) [noun] the time or period during which something happens; the period between two events.

3) [noun] the point of time when delivery of the child is due (said of a pregnant woman).

4) [noun] number of times or the frequencies the same thing recurs; number of repeated occasions.

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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