Kumbu, Kuṃbu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuṃbu (ಕುಂಬು):—

1) [verb] to hang loosely so as to swing back and forth; to dangle.

2) [verb] to throw oneself in prostrate position, in obeisance.

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Kuṃbu (ಕುಂಬು):—[verb] to jump in joy, clapping.

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Kuṃbu (ಕುಂಬು):—

1) [noun] the act of bending.

2) [noun] the act of prostrating before another in obeisance.

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Kuṃbu (ಕುಂಬು):—

1) [noun] (said of wood) the fact of being eaten by termites; a deterioration; a wasting or being wasted away.

2) [noun] that which is weak as a soaked wood; ಕುಂಬು ತಲೆ [kumbu tale] k umbu tale (fig.) the quaity or condition of being stupid; stupidity.

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Kuṃbu (ಕುಂಬು):—

1) [noun] a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants; a horn.

2) [noun] a feeling of one’s assumed importance or esteem from one’s success, merit, status, etc.

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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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