Kage, Kāge: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāge (ಕಾಗೆ):—

1) [noun] a moderately large, black bird of the genus Corvus; a crow.

2) [noun] the plant Solanum nigrum of Solanaceae family.

3) [noun] ಕಾಗೆ ಎಂಜಲು [kage emjalu] kāge enjalu a cutting with teeth an eatable covered with a piece of cloth (as children do, to avoid the saliva touching it); ಕಾಗೆಕಣ್ಣೀರು [kagekanniru] kage kaṇṇīru (said of milk) the state of being adulterated with too much of water; ಕಾಗೆಬಳಗ [kagebalaga] kāge baḷaga (fig.) relatives being great plenty in number; ಕಾಗೆಯ ಪಟ್ಟೆ [kageya patte] kāgeya paṭṭe a piece of black cloth(?); ಕಾಗೆಯಾಗು [kageyagu] kāgeyāgu to turn black like a crow (as from hot sun); ಕಾಗೆಕಾರುಬಾರು [kagekarubaru] kāge kārubāru the act of managing the affairs (of a company organisation, state, etc.) badly or dishonestly; mismanagement; ಕಾಗಕ್ಕ ಗುಬ್ಬಕ್ಕನ ಕಥೆ [kagakka gubbakkana kathe] kāgakka gubbakkana kathe = ಕಾಗೆ ಗುಬ್ಬಿಯ ಕಥೆ [kage gubbiya kathe]; ಕಾಗೆ ಗುಬ್ಬಿಯ ಕಥೆ [kage gubbiya kathe] kāge gubbiya kathe a feigned story or statement of facts, supposed to be true, which either certainly not so or at least is as probably false as true; an old wife’s story; ಕಾಗೆಕಾವಲು [kagekavalu] kāge kāvalu a guard by a person who himself is a threat to the those being guarded or looked after; ಕಡಲೆ ಕಾಯೋಕೆ ಕಾಗೆಕಾವಲು [kadale kayoke kagekavalu] kaḍale kāyōke kāge kāvalu to make a goat one’s gardener.

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Kāge (ಕಾಗೆ):—[noun] = ನಿಯತ ಕೃತ್ಯ [niyata kritya]; (?).

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Kāge (ಕಾಗೆ):—[noun] a vessel with a snout for serving liquid foods.

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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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