Kilu, Kīlu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kīlu (ಕೀಲು):—

1) [noun] = ಕೀಲಿ [kili].

2) [noun] a place or part where two things or parts are joined; a joint (as of two bones); a hinge (used to attach a door, gate, lid, etc. to a frame.

3) [noun] a mechanical device for fastening things together, consisting essentially of a cylindrical or conical piece of metal threaded evenly around its outside surface with an advancing spiral ridge and commonly having a slotted head, which can be driven into by being turned; a screw.

4) [noun] a loop formed in a rope, cord, etc. by means of a slipknot so that the loop tightens as the rope is pulled; a noose; a loop.

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Kīḷu (ಕೀಳು):—

1) [verb] to pull off or out; to pluck; to root.

2) [verb] to extract or draw out money, valuables, property, etc. usu. using force.

3) [verb] ಕಿತ್ತುಕೊಳ್ಳು [kittukollu] kittukoḷḷu to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp; to snatch; 2. to take something away from forcibly; to deprive; ಕಿತ್ತು ತಿನ್ನು [kittu tinnu] kittu tinnu to trouble a person too much (as a distressed condition, poverty, etc.); ಕಿತ್ತು ಹಾಕು [kittu haku] kittu hāku to pull out (a plant, etc.); 2. to cancel or repeal by authority; to abrogate; 3. to remove from the post, job, etc.; to sack; to dismiss; ಕಿತ್ತೊಗೆ [kittoge] kittoge (fig.) to dismiss (a person) from a job; to discharge; 2. (derog.) to transfer (an employee) to another place, (as a punishment or from hatred).

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Kīḷu (ಕೀಳು):—

1) [noun] the lower position, status, rank; a wretched condition; a degraded situation.

2) [noun] a obsequious service.

3) [noun] a low-birth; an ignoble family.

4) [noun] gold that is inferior or impure.

5) [noun] the part of a bridle that goes into a horse’s mouth, used to control the horse; a bit of a bridle.

6) [noun] a piece of land or region whose level is lower than the adjacent one or the one being compared with.

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Kīḷu (ಕೀಳು):—[noun] a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes; the rheum of the eye.

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Kīḷu (ಕೀಳು):—

1) [adjective] lower in space; placed lower down.

2) [adjective] low or lower in order, status, rank, etc.; subordinate.

3) [adjective] lower in quality, value or esteem than; paltry; mean.

4) [adjective] nasty and disgusting; vile; loathsome; abominable.

5) [adjective] a young of a cow; a calf.

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Kīḻu (ಕೀೞು):—[noun] a young of a cow; a calf.

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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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