Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ikku in India is the name of a plant defined with Saccharum officinarum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Saccharum occidentale Sw. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Report of the Harvard Botanical Gardens, Soledad Estate, Cienfuegos, Cuba (1927)
· Berberides Americae Australis (1857)
· Mémoires de l’Institut Égyptien (1901)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’, ed. 1820 (1820)
· USDA Handb. (1958)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1883)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ikku, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ikku (ಇಕ್ಕು):—

1) [verb] to keep on; to place; to lay (some thing at or on).

2) [verb] to serve (food etc.).

3) [verb] to put on (as cloth ornaments, etc.).

4) [verb] to anoint; to smear with (an ointment etc.).

5) [verb] to dress (hair with flowers ornaments, etc.).

6) [verb] to pour; to shed (as tear).

7) [verb] to leave; to abandon.

8) [verb] to throw away or down; to cause to fall.

9) [verb] to fall down.

10) [verb] to gently fan.

11) [verb] to place or spread a piece of cloth, chequered cloth for playing chess etc.

12) [verb] to utilise; to use; to make use of; to employ.

13) [verb] to close or shut (a door, window); to close or wink (an eye).

14) [verb] to deposit; to keep in a safe place.

15) [verb] to give; to present.

16) [verb] to beat heavily; to kill; to molest.

17) [verb] to push another into danger.

18) [verb] ಇಕ್ಕದಮಾರಿ [ikkadamari] ikkadamāri (dial.) a very stingy person not willing to give or share; ಇಕ್ಕಿಕೊಳ್ [ikkikol](ಳ್ಳು [llu]) ikkisikoḷ(ḷlu) to keep with oneself; 2. to put on (as dress ornament etc.); 3) to close (a door, eye-lid, etc.); ಇಕ್ಕಿಮೆಟ್ಟು [ikkimettu] ikkimeṭṭu to fell and tread upon; ಇಕ್ಕಿರ್ [ikkir] ikkir to have (a dress ornament etc.) put on; ಇಕ್ಕಲಲಾರದ ಕೈ ಎಂಜಲು [ikkalalarada kai emjalu] ikkalārada kai eñjalu an ill-paymaster always resorts to a lame excuse; ಇಕ್ಕುವವಳು ನಮ್ಮವಳಾದರೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಾದರೂ ಉಣಲಕ್ಕು [ikkuvavalu nammavaladare kottigeyalladaru unalakku] (ಉಂಡೇನು [umdenu]) ikkuvavaḷu nammavaḷādare koṭṭigeyallādarū uṇalakku (uṇḍēnu ) (prov.) a friend in court makes the process short; ಇಕ್ಕುವವನಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯದಿದ್ದರೆ, ಉಂಬುವವನಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಬಾರದೆ [ikkuvavanige tiliyadiddare, umbuvavanige tiliyabarade]? ikuvavanige tiḷiydiddare, umbuvavanige tiḷiyabārade? (prov.) one must know his/her limitations.

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Ikku (ಇಕ್ಕು):—

1) [noun] the act of beating.

2) [noun] a blow; a stroke.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+1): Ikkugutta, Ikkuha, Ikkukkottu, Ikkul, Ikkula, Ikkulavay, Ikkuli, Ikkuligol, Ikkulike, Ikkulisu, Ikkulu, Ikkumaddu, Ikkumgul, Ikkumudige, Ikkuramulli, Ikkurar, Ikkutekke, Ikkuti, Ikkuvadu, Ikkuvaku.

Ends with (+365): Accikku, Adahikku, Adakilikku, Adavikku, Addagalikku, Addagolikku, Addalikku, Addamogavikku, Addikku, Adigallikku, Ageyikku, Agnidikku, Alagikku, Alampikku, Ambalikku, Ambegalikku, Ambikku, Amgadattavikku, Amgadiyikku, Amtikku.

Full-text: Ikkukkottu, Iku.

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