Kirunalage, Kirunālage: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kirunālage (ಕಿರುನಾಲಗೆ):—

1) [noun] a thin plate of flexible cartilage in front of the glottis that folds back over and protects the glottis during swallowing; the epiglottis.

2) [noun] a condition of the epiglottis being inflamed.

3) [noun] ಕಿರುನಾಲಗೆ ಬೀಳು [kirunalage bilu] kirunālage bīḷu (the epiglottis) to become inflamed and painful.

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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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