Kattemane, Kaṭṭemane: 1 definition

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṭṭemane (ಕಟ್ಟೆಮನೆ):—

1) [noun] a body of people having religion, caste, etc., in common; a community.

2) [noun] a public platform of a local, informal court confined either to a caste or to a village.

3) [noun] a house (usu. in a village) having a slightly raised platform in the frontage.

4) [noun] the house of the village-chief or the community-head.

5) [noun] ಕಟ್ಟೆಮನೆ ಯಜಮಾನ [kattemane yajamana] kaṭṭemane yajamāna the chief of a caste, religion, etc. in a village.

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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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